The Magic of Belle Isle

A Re-Coming of Age Story

An aging, alcoholic, widowed and disabled (that should cover all the bases) writer takes a vacation next to a lake, to try and pull his life together. He has lost the will to live or to write. As time goes by, he befriends the family next door: a single mom and her daughters. As he gets to know them and the other locals better, he finds himself once again getting direction in his life ... until his holiday ends and it's time to leave ...

107 minutes.
Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Language, Blasphemy).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Morgan Freeman, Kenan Thompson, Virginia Madsen, Emma Fuhrmann, Madeline Carroll, Nicolette Pierini, C.J. Wilson
Director	Rob Reiner
Screenplay	Guy Thomas, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman
Music	Marc Shaiman
Cinematography	Reed Morano
Editing	Dorian Harris
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2012
Produced by	Castle Rock Pictures

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	Mild and infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild suspense, brief
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Brief, 'Jesus Christ', 'Jesus isn't the Christ'
Drug abuse	Frequent alcohol use
Comments	None
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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi	10
Cape Times Frank Scheck A touch of mature magic.	10
Box Office Pete Hammond Not exactly the recipe for a blockbuster, this melancholy look at an aging writer (Morgan Freeman) who finds renewed inspiration after taking a cabin for the summer is one of Reiner's best.	13
Metacritic.com 14 critics	9
Rottentomatoes critics 28 critics	9
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	6
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
Movie Review Intelligence 16 critics	10
What the People say
Internet 1829 Netizens	13
Average .. 51%	10