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Chris Eska's debut feature is a simple but compelling film, with strong performances and a story that moves along slowly but never fails to engage its audience.
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Loren has an ethereal presence that is, at the same time, indomitable. Nov 21, 2008 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Loren has an ethereal presence that is, at the same time, indomitable.
Peter Rainer
Eska's tale of a woman's unconditional support of her father-in-law is told with a faux-poetic sensibility that never really connects with his characters' lives. Oct 18, 2008
Eska's tale of a woman's unconditional support of her father-in-law is told with a faux-poetic sensibility that never really connects with his characters' lives.
Robert Koehler
A poignant film filled with ample rewards for those who submit to its leisurely pace and gentle observations. Sep 26, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A poignant film filled with ample rewards for those who submit to its leisurely pace and gentle observations.
Gary Goldstein
Eska, who wrote and edited his film, appears to be at the beginning of a good career. Sep 17, 2008 | Full Review…
Eska, who wrote and edited his film, appears to be at the beginning of a good career.
Stanley Kauffmann
Pedro Castaneda, a nonprofessional appearing in his first film, and Veronica Loren tug at your heartstrings with their portrayals of the lead characters. Sep 5, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Pedro Castaneda, a nonprofessional appearing in his first film, and Veronica Loren tug at your heartstrings with their portrayals of the lead characters.
V.A. Musetto
Castaneda [star]...gives a towering, Robert Duvall-style performance as a granitic man in late middle age whose internal world of pain and love and knowledge occasionally flickers to the surface. Sep 5, 2008
Castaneda [star]...gives a towering, Robert Duvall-style performance as a granitic man in late middle age whose internal world of pain and love and knowledge occasionally flickers to the surface.
Andrew O'Hehir
Jaime and Lupe are vividly realized, sympathetic characters. Oct 31, 2008 | Full Review…
Jaime and Lupe are vividly realized, sympathetic characters.
Stan Hall
This quiet, contemplative gem of a film paints a painfully accurate portrait of familial love, loss, and healing-by-degrees among the migrant communities bordering San Antonio. Oct 10, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This quiet, contemplative gem of a film paints a painfully accurate portrait of familial love, loss, and healing-by-degrees among the migrant communities bordering San Antonio.
Marc Savlov
(Pedro) Castaneda, the male lead in Chris Eska's mesmerizing debut feature August Evening, has the kind of natural, hypnotic screen presence that cannot be taught. Sep 29, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
(Pedro) Castaneda, the male lead in Chris Eska's mesmerizing debut feature August Evening, has the kind of natural, hypnotic screen presence that cannot be taught.
Larry Ratliff
August Evening creates a complete world, with all of its practical limitations and emotional possibilities, for Jaime and Lupe to hunt for their place in. Sep 26, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
August Evening creates a complete world, with all of its practical limitations and emotional possibilities, for Jaime and Lupe to hunt for their place in.
Bob Strauss
A mature move for a debuting filmmaker. Sep 15, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A mature move for a debuting filmmaker.
Tim Cogshell
A shooting star of a movie with awesome beauty in its characters, in the natural world, and in the cycles of creation and destruction depicted in the emotionally affecting drama. Sep 13, 2008 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A shooting star of a movie with awesome beauty in its characters, in the natural world, and in the cycles of creation and destruction depicted in the emotionally affecting drama.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
This movie has a slow pace, but some wonderful moments. It's a slice of life movie about strong relationships, and the importance of family. Not for someone who gets bored easily, however, because it really is a slow moving (yet nice) drama.
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