The Cider House Rules Reviews
Common Sense Media
Thought-provoking movie for teens and up.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Hallstrom's film could have used more dramatic muscle but is nonetheless a touching, old-fashioned charmer that ultimately satisfies.
eFilmCritic.com
Irving's clean, economical dialogue and Hallstrom's beautifully morose direction cut the fat off of the cliches.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Big Picture Big Sound
A bouillabaisse of all the best soap opera elements - orphans, abortion, debilitating injuries and, of course, death.
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| Original Score: 3/4
EmanuelLevy.Com
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.
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| Original Score: B
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...
Reeling Reviews
There's quality here and that's a real good thing.
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| Original Score: B+
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
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.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Film Quips Online
It blends romance with the love of children, the warmth of family with the darker side of human nature, and the all-encompassing belief that everything has a purpose.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
Film Threat
What the film is really about are CHOICES: the need to make them, how they affect others, and actively dealing with the repercussions of your actions.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Cincinnati Enquirer
It is worth mentioning that this movie looks like a million bucks; cinematographer Oliver Stapleton drenches the scenery in rich, antique tones that add luster to the story's poignant emotion.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Montreal Film Journal
It doesn't break anything, but it doesn't have to. I smiled a lot, sometimes had misty eyes and never lost interest.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Spirituality and Practice
Presents a fresh and forceful salute to the spiritual practice of self-esteem.
[It] is a fable that turns into a 1940s New England variation on Charles Dickens. It is also one dickens of an American movie.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Cinema em Cena
A performance de Michael Caine representa, por si só, motivo suficiente para qualquer um assistir a este filme.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Boston Phoenix
When Larch says, "Good night, you kings of Maine, you princes of New England," the lump raised in the throat is not resented.
Globe and Mail
Top Critic| Original Score: 3/4
Goatdog's Movies
Visually impressive but basically tepid.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Moviola
Lasse Hallström nos presenta de una manera delicada e inteligente lo que es parte esencial del ciclo de la vida: el crecimiento personal y la búsqueda del propio ser
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| Original Score: 3/4
Film Written Magazine
Its appeal is not universal.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Irish Times
