Eve's Bayou
Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste, discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. She can not forget a traumatic incident she witnessed and shares a secret with her older sister. Lies start to roll...
1 May 1930, Whistler, Alabama, USA
30 September 1950, Detroit, Michigan, USA
10 May 1959, Portland, Maine, USA
6 May 1953, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
12 July 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA
20 September 1956, Dunn, North Carolina, USA
8 August 1981, Panorama City, California, USA
14 January 1938, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
March 19, 2008
Lemmons' focus on strong female characters, and her willingness to ignore accepted notions of "black filmmaking" are powerful assets, but one can't help wishing the film as a whole lived up to its initial promise.
April 09, 2005
A solid, if somewhat heavy-handed, Southern Gothic tale, steeped in mysticism.
June 24, 2006
An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams.
April 12, 2002
In Eve's Bayou, Tennessee goes to Louisiana, and finds a familiar home. Tennessee Williams, that is.
April 27, 2007
A sparkling directorial debut.
March 08, 2009
More than anything, about the nature of memory and how it rarely matches the truth of life.
June 18, 2002
A gothic and, for better or worse, poetic memoir about a young girl and her family of Creole aristocrats.
May 26, 2006
It feels like I've seen dozens of films this year by first time writers and directors, and not one has stuck to me until now.
March 19, 2008
Subplots are woven stealthily into the story, taking the pressure off the central drama, allowing it to be affecting rather than melodramatic, and heightening the atmosphere of the lush Louisiana setting.
September 16, 2004
Pretentious as all hell, sorry.
