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The Stone Angel (2007)

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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 22
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 13

Despite fine performances from Ellen Burstyn and newcomer Christine Horne, The Stone Angel fails to escape formulaic melodrama territory.

Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 4

Despite fine performances from Ellen Burstyn and newcomer Christine Horne, The Stone Angel fails to escape formulaic melodrama territory.

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Director Kari Skogland takes the reins for a Buffalo Gals Pictures production starring Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn as author Margaret Laurence's much-lauded heroine Hagar Shipley. Hagar may by 90, but she not ready to lie down and die just yet. Her decisions stem straight from her heart, and that often alienates her family and friends. When Hagar's son, Marvin (Dylan Baker), takes his mother to look at a nursing home, she takes it as her cue to leave her family behind and set out on one

R, 1 hr. 55 min.

Drama

Directed By: Kari Skogland

Written By: Margaret Laurence, Kari Skogland

In Theaters: Sep 12, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Oct 21, 2008

Box Office:$31.9k

Vivendi Entertainment

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Cast

Ellen Burstyn
Hagar Shipley
Christine Horne
Younger Hagar
Cole Hauser
Bram Shipley
Ellen Page
Arlene Drieser
Sheila McCarthy
Doris Shipley
Kevin Zegers
John Shipley
Dylan Baker
Marvin Shipley
Samantha Weinstein
Child Hagar
Luke Kirby
Leo
Doreen Brownstone
Silver Elms Bridge Play...
Ryland Thiessen
Child Telford
Mackenzie Munro
Child Charlotte
Connor Price
Child Matt
Jordan Todosey
Child Lottie
Ardith Boxall
Lottie's Mother
Arne MacPherson
Doctor
Ted Atherton
Reverend Troy
R. Morgan Slade
Young Telford
Hilary Carroll
Bank Teller
Olie Alto
Bus Driver
Aaron Ashmore
Matt
Peter MacNeill
Jason Currie
Joyce Krenz
Auntie Doll
Jessica Burleson
Cell Phone Woman on Bus
Evelyne Anderson
Old Cronie at Charity D...
Sarah Constible
Young Lottie
Alicia Johnston
Charlotte
Chris Sigurdson
Pastor
Blake Taylor
Manakawa Doctor
Jason Spevack
Child Marvin
David Gillies
Gardner at Park
Noah Meade
Child John
Landon Norris
Young John
Trevor Chief
Train Boy #1
Cody Carver
Train Boy #2
Jean Paul Thomas
Train Boy #3
Devon Bostick
Teen Marvin
Josette Halpert
Child Arlene
Wayne Nicklas
Currie Store Manager Mr...
Christopher Read
Currie Store Clerk
Nada Abdel Shahid
Missy
Frank Adamson
Mr. Oatley
Wings Hauser
Older Bram
Janet-Laine Green
Lottie
Akalu Meekis
Lazarus
Peter Jordan
Henry Pearl
Ross McMillan
Telford
Sharon Bajer
Emergency Room Nurse 19...
Marcia Bennett
Nurse 2004
Leslie Stanwyck
Uilleann Pipe
Eric Rigler
Cello
Cameron Stone
Violin
Daniel Koulack
acoustic bass
Dave Lawton
Trumpet
Daniel Roy
drums
William Bonness
Piano
Richard Moody
violin/viola
Greg Lowe
guitar
William Spornitz
saxophone

Critic Reviews for The Stone Angel

All Critics (22) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (9) | Rotten (14) | DVD (2)

A tastefully reverent, fundamentally sincere treatment of Margaret Laurence's 1964 Manitoba-based novel, a staple for Canada's 12th graders.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Eddie Cockrell

Variety

Top Critic

Despite a terrific lead performance by Ellen Burstyn, Kari Skogland's epic The Stone Angel is a lesson in the perils of trying to cram a hefty Canadian novel that spans decades into a movie running just under two hours.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Writer-director Kari Skogland adapts a beloved Canadian novel gracefully and with plenty of spunk, the same way its main character moves through the world from cradle to grave.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

Top Critic

Although talented newcomer Christine Horne is ideal as the younger Hagar, letting Burstyn play the character at around 50, despite best-effort lighting, was not the wisest choice.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

A film of tightly assembled bits and pieces that don't fit comfortably together despite clever dashes of magical realism connecting past and present.

July 11, 2008 Comment

Stephen Holden

New York Times

Top Critic

Ellen Burstyn deserves another Oscar nomination for this compelling drama.

July 8, 2008 Comment

Stephen Farber

Hollywood Reporter

Top Critic

Too much story, too little time

July 23, 2009 Full Review Source: JWR

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S. James Wegg

JWR

A perfectly respectable, solidly-made film which, beyond the expert performance by the always reliable Ellen Burstyn, has unfortunately little to recommend it.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Screen International

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Peter Brunette

Screen International

Left me feeling respectfully indifferent, as if I'd been served a nutritious meal that was only fleetingly satisfying.

July 25, 2008 Full Review Source: Seattle Times

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Jeff Shannon

Seattle Times

The only way to enjoy Kari Skogland's epic portrait of a miserable 90-year- woman named Hagar (Ellen Burstyn) is to reframe it as Scary Movie for weepies.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine

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Amy Nicholson

Boxoffice Magazine

Far less would have been much more, though the geriatric protagonist's salty sexual wit and impulse to share a joint with a passing stranger, spice up the often dreary chronological procession of family episodes.

July 12, 2008 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze

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Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

Old lady on the road takes a memory trip, giving Burstyn a chance to shine.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News

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Evan Henerson

Los Angeles Daily News

It's not a great movie, but Burstyn fans shouldn't miss her subtle performance.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press

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Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)

St. Paul Pioneer Press

Overacted, underwritten, and with flashback cues so lazy the characters may as well just say, "I remember when...," the film feels like The Notebook II.

July 11, 2008 Full Review Source: Let's Not Listen

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Tricia Olszewski

Let's Not Listen

Events pass by in a muddled rush as the intimate character study of the page gives way to a hollowed-out on screen portrait.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Metromix.com

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Geoff Berkshire

Metromix.com

A stubbornly affecting drama that's strongest in its quieter moments.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly

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Tim Grierson

L.A. Weekly

Burstyn can do maternal strength and strife in her sleep, but Kari Skogland's hardscrabble weepie is still indistinguishable from any number of similar memory-lane melodramas.

July 9, 2008 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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David Fear

Time Out New York

...there's certainly no overlooking the palpable emotional punch of the movie's final scenes.

May 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

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CAST: Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Dylan Baker, Ellen Page, Kevin Zegers DIRECTED BY: Kari Skogland SUMMARY: Rather than succumbing to life in a nursing home, feisty Hagar Shipley (Ellen Burstyn) goes on the run. As she struggles to keep her mind clear, Hagar relives passionate moments from early in

May 30, 2010

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In "The Stone Angel," Hagar(Ellen Burstyn) is being pressured by her son Marvin(Dylan Baker) and daughter-in-law Doris(Sheila McCarthy) to move into a nursing home, to which she is fiercely resisting. At the same time, she senses the futility of her fight as she feels her body and mind beginning to betray her. So,

July 31, 2009

Walter M.

Super Reviewer

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