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10/30/05
Eve's Bayou (1997)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:39
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A father's philandering nature is only one of several problems for a black southern family, but, to 9 year-old Eve, it is the most immediate. As her suspicions deepen, so does her desire to bring... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Director: Kasi Lemmons
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Reviews for Eve's Bayou
In a movie year already highlighted by the emergence of bold new talents like Neil LaBute and Paul Thomas Anderson, Kasi Lemmons is further cause for celebration.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
The film is given an almost dream-like quality by Vincent who washes everything in a sepia-type tone that adds to the effect of seeing an adult world of deceit and hurt through the eyes of a child.
03/19/08
Subplots are woven stealthily into the story, taking the pressure off the central drama, allowing it to be affecting rather than melodramatic, and heightening the atmosphere of the lush Louisiana setting.
03/19/08
Top CriticFor the viewer, it is a reminder that sometimes films can venture into the realms of poetry and dreams.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
It feels like I've seen dozens of films this year by first time writers and directors, and not one has stuck to me until now.
05/26/06
Its racial and gender crossover potential is great, given the solid, realistic acting.
01/01/00
In these days of "bigger is better" moviemaking, we're lucky to find even one interesting or compelling character per film. So it's extraordinary to find a drama like Eve's Bayou, which has enough of them for three or four movies.
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10/18/08
Top CriticPulled me in from the word go.
07/25/02
An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams.
06/24/06
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06/04/04
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10/10/05
Easily one of the best films of the year, and ironically, it was better than all of the Best Picture nominees.
05/22/03
Hardly revolutionary.
02/16/03
Never quite manages to be its own film.
01/01/00
The dark complexities of this family's story are intriguing, although the plot seems to meander a bit at times; it seems a long time before the film gets to the point. But all the characters are very real and well-defined, especially Eve's.
02/08/03
Eve's Bayou is a film shocking in methods and motives.
01/01/00
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