The Cider House Rules
The dramatic film is Homer's quest to find himself, and during his life in the orphanage his life's destiny was determined according to the expectations of others. He is the elder brother of many orphans there, and also an assistant to the doctor, 'Larg,' but he was suspended in this isolated community, and never had the opportunity to edit the real Homer Wells. The arrival of 'Wali' and 'Candy' opens a door to the outside and 'Homer' rush through it. Only after he has discovered himself can he plan for his future.
8 June 1950, Midland, Texas, USA
5 February 1934, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
30 September 1982, New York City, New York, USA
March1932, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
18 November 1952, Eltham, London, England, UK
2 March 1942, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA
24 May 1967, Mandeville, Jamaica
14 March 1933, Rotherhithe, London, England, UK
7 August 1975, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
December 28, 2010
Thought-provoking movie for teens and up.
July 14, 2007
A bouillabaisse of all the best soap opera elements - orphans, abortion, debilitating injuries and, of course, death.
June 24, 2006
Hallström's humanism is possibly a little low key and romantic given such tough themes as abortion and incest.
April 09, 2005
There's quality here and that's a real good thing.
January 01, 2000
Perceived as too soft by some and too weird and kinky by even more.
April 27, 2007
Mr. Irving remains a disturbingly facile spinner of yarns in which the most sordid facts of life are glossed over into comfortably didactic homilies about the innate goodness of people. Yet, I was somehow moved...
January 01, 2000
Misses Irving's main gifts, despite his own best scriptwriting intentions.
June 18, 2002
[It] is a fable that turns into a 1940s New England variation on Charles Dickens. It is also one dickens of an American movie.
July 30, 2007
Irving's clean, economical dialogue and Hallstrom's beautifully morose direction cut the fat off of the cliches.
June 26, 2004
Not since The World According to Garp has a movie based on a John Irving novel captured the wry realism of the author's work.
May 30, 2008
Hallstrom's film could have used more dramatic muscle but is nonetheless a touching, old-fashioned charmer that ultimately satisfies.
June 22, 2007
A softer, kinder version of John Irving's book, which was edgier and more critical, though you can't blame the filmmakers since Irving himself adapted his novel.
