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Inventing the Abbotts (1997)

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Reviews Counted:24

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Rotten:16

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: In the placid, potboiler-perfect 1950s hamlet of Haley, Illinois, life revolves around the wealthy and powerful Abbott family, which boasts three strapping brunette daughters in addition to its... In the placid, potboiler-perfect 1950s hamlet of Haley, Illinois, life revolves around the wealthy and powerful Abbott family, which boasts three strapping brunette daughters in addition to its other assets. On the other side of the proverbial tracks live two fatherless brothers--one idolizes the Abbotts, while the other seeks to destroy the family by systematically deflowering and debasing the sisters. [More]

Starring: Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly

Starring: Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Will Patton, Kathy Baker, Shawn Hatosy

Director: Pat O'Connor

Director: Pat O'Connor
Screenwriter: Ken Hixon
Producer: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Janet Meyers
Composer: Michael Kamen

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In the end, it adds up to nothing more than a humorless, forgettable nostalgia piece with carefully re-created costumes and settings from the Eisenhower years.

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Cast of newcomers is appealing, but this small-town melodrama is so old-fashioned and out-of-touch with contemporary youth that it feels as if it were made the same time that its story is set, in 1957.

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