Empire Falls
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Movie Reviews of Empire Falls
Movie Review: Where Was The Ending?
Summary: 4 Stars
Yikes! I rented the movie because of the All-Star cast and the advertisement on television. Obviously this was an HBO series which I didn't see. If I had, I would just have been watching a repeat. But since I had never seen it and was expecting a full-length movie, I was deeply disappointed when the credits came up without a conclusion.
Because the end was left dangling, I can't give it five stars. What happened to the characters? What happened to the relationships? What happened to the hopes and dreams some of the people had?
Although the cast was superb, I also thought the story was VERRRRRY slow. I paused the DVD player a couple of times to do something else just to break the monotony. Cinematography was excellent and the story was refreshingly void of nudity and foul language, however, so that is the plus side of this DVD - along with a look at people in small-town America.
Sorry, folks, the book or the whole series may have been good, but if Hollywood is going to put a story onto DVD, they should put the WHOLE story!
Gail Gupton Author,
The 31-Day Diet of Spiritual Enlightenment and Seekers of Truth
Movie Review: The Stories from a Small Town
Summary: 4 Stars
"Empire Falls" (2005) is a screen adaptation of Richard Russo Pulitzer prize winning novel of the same title. It is a multi character drama that takes place in a small town Empire Falls, Maine. In its center if Miles Roby (Ed Harris) who manages the local restaurant, "Empire Grill" that belongs to a wealthy and powerful widow Mrs. Whiting. The film concerns Miles's re-evaluating his life and searching for answers to the difficult questions. In his search, he looks back at his childhood, his relationship with his mother and the connection between her life and Whitings family. Miles also has to deal with the problems of those close to him: his father Max (Paul Newman stole the show with his performance as a prodigal father), his teenage daughter Tick, his ex-wife Janine, and many more. Based on the first-rate writing, the film is masterfully shot and extremely well acted story of a small and forgotten town with no future.
Movie Review: somebody has to be oppressed?
Summary: 4 Stars
In a way this movie reminded me of Peyton Place. The acting is very good
and one gets drawn in by the plot.
My only reservation was that I thought the prose was in the end
a little over done and Lake Wobegon Days like.
I think maybe the most original character is the cat
who you begin to think is a familiar to the rich lady oppressor.
I think that it was the high school shooting
that was one series of unfortunate events too far for me.
But overall I enjoyed the movie and even thought hard about
buying the book.
Movie Review: Remarkable Cast of Characters
Summary: 4 Stars
In this HBO miniseries of Richard Russo's novel, Ed Harris plays an unpretentious restaurant manger that shows us his life within a small economically depressed Maine town. While trying to keep the doors of the Empire Grill open, he must deal with an ever increasing cast of characters - from Joanne Woodward, the town matriarch to Paul Newman - his curmudgeonly wayward father, to his ex-wife Helen Hunt (who does not pull off the accent very well). Ed Harris shows the traumas and realities of his everyday life while coming to terms with his past.
I never did read the book which some swear is better, but this gem of a movies, with its beautiful scenery and amazing cast of characters is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.
Movie Review: Good, Good, Really
Summary: 4 Stars
I had waited in great anticipation when this came out on HBO, and I wanted to see it, I waited, and waited, and it finally comes on T.V, and I sat down and watched it. It has an all-star cast, it has a brilliant cinematic view to it. It is brilliant. It runs slow sometimes, some things get lost in it, as it tries to balance the outside world around Ed Harris character. There are scenes that can bring out emotion, scenes that can entertain, scenes that can do a lot of things, and that's what makes it very good.