Evening movie review

September 19, 2010 - #66/100
Evening (2007)

While in her deathbed, Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) repeats the name "Harris," and recalls the day in the 50's when she was an aspirant singer. One day, she traveled from New York to be the maid of honor of her wealthy friend Lila Wittenborn's (Mamie Gummer) wedding in Newport. Ann Grant (Claire Dane) is welcomed by Lila's alcoholic and reckless brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy) in the Wittenborn's cottage at seaside. He tells Ann that his sister Lila is in love with their friend and servant Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson), who fought in the war and had graduated in medicine. Later the bride-to-be confesses her true feelings about Harris to Ann. However, when Ann meets Harris, she has a crush on him and they have a brief affair. Meanwhile Ann's daughters, the insecure and unstable Nina Mars (Toni Collette) and the happy wife and mother Constance Haverford (Natasha Richardson), are worried that their mother has differences and issues that need to be resolved. Overall, the acting was pretty good. Mamie Gummer, daughter of Meryl Streep (who also has a small part in this movie), did a wonderful job. I'd love to see her in other movies. She definitely has her mother's talent. But, even when an all-star cast, the plot definitely isn't the greatest plot ever.

I gave this movie 6/10 stars on imdb.com.