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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes28%
Metacritic45/100
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
187 audience votes
Key crew
- Lajos KoltaiDirector
- Susan MinotScreenplay
- Michael CunninghamScreenplay
- Jan A. P. KaczmarekOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claire DanesAnn Grant
- Toni ColletteNina Mars
- Vanessa RedgraveAnn Lord
- Patrick WilsonHarris Arden
- Hugh DancyBuddy Wittenborn
- Natasha RichardsonConstance Haverford
- Mamie GummerLila Wittenborn
- Eileen AtkinsNachtschwester
- Meryl StreepLila Ross
- Glenn CloseMrs. Wittenborn
- Timothy KieferKarl Ross
- Cheryl Lynn BowersPeach Howze
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Themes
dying and deathfriendshipmothernew lovebased on novel or bookparent child relationshipbridebest friendweddingsummer
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