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Moving Midway (2008)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:23
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: This strange, heartfelt documentary from film critic Godfrey Cheshire is a fascinating examination of his family roots, as well as an evocative meditation on the complexities of the South.
Theatrical Release:Sep 12, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: Godfrey Cheshire's richly observed film about his family's Southern plantation - and the colossal feat of moving it to escape urban sprawl - is a thoughtful and witty look at the lingering remnants... [More]
Director: Godfrey Cheshire
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Reviews for Moving Midway
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 4.5/5 |
Godfrey Cheshire, a highly acclaimed film critic, uses his cinematic smarts and sensibility to good effect in "Moving Midway," his documentary about the relocation of his ancestral home, an antebellum N.C. plantation named Midway. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
It is more successful as a study of Dixie social sciences than as a family video diary. Full Review |
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The move is something to behold. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The details behind the actual move are the least interesting part of the film; far more compelling is the "history" of slavery as presented through a polished Hollywood veneer. Full Review |
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The myth of the Southern plantation incorporates and carries on visions of destiny and history, industry and identity. Full Review |
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9/10 |
Cheshire deftly interweaves different interpretations of the antebellum South, through architecture, family memories (black and white), history, and popular culture. Full Review |
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4/4 |
In its 98 minutes, film critic Godfrey Cheshire’s documentary Moving Midway records an amazing architectural feat, and that’s the least of its virtues. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Quirky yet thoughtful. Full Review |
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What begins as a leave-taking turns into a homecoming that reflects the mixed-race society of the modern south. Full Review |
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Moving Midway isn't a simple-minded brotherhood-of-man tract. The film is spiked with artfully edited excerpts from some of the movies that have shaped American racial attitudes over the years. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Moving Midway tells three stories, each one worthy of a film of its own. Full Review |
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Southern myths rise up, then drop like flies in the enthralling documentary Moving Midway, and all because director Godfrey Cheshire’s cousin is moving house. Literally. Full Review |
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B+ |
The film offers a probing and patient analyses of converging social movements related to everything from the nomination of the country's first black President to how people relate their family's history. Full Review |
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A- |
The whole idea of foundation -- as it applies to family, history, and an actual, stately American house -- receives a thoughtful inspection in Moving Midway, the graceful nonfiction film from Godfrey Cheshire. Full Review |
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Godfrey Cheshire’s Moving Midway, from his own screenplay, provides a profound meditation on the paradoxes of race in America through a discovery of his own Southern family’s hitherto hidden secrets. Full Review |
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4/4 |
An admirable examination of one family's belated attempt to come to grips with, if not atone for, its role in America's original sin. Full Review |
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3/4 |
There is a satisfyingly Faulknerian air of bizarreness about the episode, and the shots of the grand old house being trundled down country roads are amazing. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Tells a fascinating and complicated story of regional identity.
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4/5 |
When film critic Godfrey Cheshire decided to make a movie of his own, he found the ideal subject right in his backyard. Full Review |
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 3/6 |
For a movie about the concept of home, Moving Midway has a nagging tendency of resembling little more than a home movie. Full Review |
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September 16, 2008:
NYC film critic retraces his slaveholding roots in thumbs-up documentary.
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