Deeply

2001

Deeply

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Movie Info

On a remote island in Nova Scotia, teenaged Claire (Julia Brendler) slowly befriends Celia (Lynn Redgrave), an eccentric novelist who is working on a manuscript. The manuscript, which is set a half-century ago, tells the story of Silly (Kirsten Dunst), a young woman who tried to leave the island with the son (Trent Ford) of a WWII naval officer. Deeply cuts between past and present, contrasting the lives of the characters in the manuscript with those of Claire and Celia.

Rating:

R
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Romance
Directed By:

Sheri Elwood, Sherri Elwood
Written By:

Sheri Elwood, Sherri Elwood
In Theaters:

Oct 1, 2001 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Dec 18, 2001
Runtime:

99 minutes
Studio:

LionsGate Entertainment

Cast

Kirsten Dunst
as Silly

Lynn Redgrave
as Celia

Brent Carver
as Porter

Julia Brendler
as Claire McKay

Peter Donaldson
as Stone

Alberta Watson
as Fiona McKay

Tara Rosling
as Rose

Trent Ford
as James

Jessica Turner
as Marta Griggs

Anthony Higgins
as Admiral Griggs

Alexa Gilmour
as Franny

Mark Day
as Hal

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Critic Reviews for Deeply

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March 19, 2002 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Globe and Mail
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August 17, 2005 | Rating: 2/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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March 16, 2004 | Rating: 64/100 | Full Review…

Rachel Sanders
Apollo Guide
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January 10, 2002 | Rating: 64/100 | Full Review…

Graham Barron
Apollo Guide
A dull updating of a classic

December 30, 2001 | Rating: 2/5

Christopher Null
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Audience Reviews for Deeply

May 14, 2013

Soggy love story of interest only to Dunst diehards. Here she sports some young rugged beauty, enviable long golden hair, and among the worst Canadian accents ever heard. The location of this isolated fishing isle is never specified so, judging from the dialects, for a time I thought it was near Ireland until I began picking out the faces of some familiar Canadian actors. However all the musical cues are distinctly Irish, so who knows? Regardless, Kirsten sounds like she spent some misplaced deep-fried Southern time. Part of the movie takes place in the present where we're supposed to sympathize with a sullen teenage brat (Julia Brendler); part of my brain was whispering "Jump!!" after she climbed in despair to the top of a lighthouse. She meets a crusty old unpublished author (Lynn Redgrave) who recounts her latest work, and that's the story that sluggishly plays out during most of the film. Writer/director Sheri Elwood touches upon a curse that plagues this fishing community every 50 years and hints at a dark secret to lift the curse, but nothing ever comes of the foreshadowing. Much of the rest of the script is similarly underwritten with only a couple characters gaining any foothold, but at least the vital ingredient of the budding romance between Dunst and naval captain's son Trent Ford works.

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