Savannah
A former slave (Chiwetel Ejiofor) recounts the tale of his friend Ward Allen (Jim Caviezel), an upper-class Southerner who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river.
27 May 1973, Macon, Georgia, USA
18 February 1969, Savannah, Georgia, USA
4 April 1950, Savannah, Georgia, USA
30 July 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
12 March 1984, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
5 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA
August 30, 2013
Despite some fine performances, the film has difficulty finding a consistent tone, and the well-intentioned script emphasizes melodrama and sentimentality.
August 23, 2013
Strong performances and exquisite, breathtaking cinematography barely compensate for a pedestrian, underwhelming screenplay.
August 22, 2013
The film's tale ends up being less rich than its lovely Georgia settings.
August 19, 2013
A bit on the bland side, but as a plus, Jim Caviezel cracks his first on-screen smile in over a decade.
August 21, 2013
The movie's story is limp, its romances are flightless and-despite the talented cast-its performances are toothless.
August 23, 2013
This is a Southern "Downton Abbey," minus the loopy plot turns and wisecracks that make that series so addictive.
August 20, 2013
The story overflows with reverence but is drastically short on passion or suspense ...
August 22, 2013
"Savannah" should win some sort of award for most amount of times you'll ask, "They roped that guy into this turkey, too?"
August 26, 2013
Savannah's backstory may sound inscrutable to the world outside Southern Georgia social clubs; that's because it is.
August 23, 2013
A movie that's essentially only of local interest.
August 21, 2013
Savannah does attempt to tell the story of the friendship of those two accomplished men, but does so in a manner that is so astonishingly tone deaf, confused and narrowly focused...
