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Michael Phillips, A.O. Scott, At the Movies: MODERATE (cg) Michael Phillips: "See it." A.O. Scott: "Skip it." (Watch the full review...) 84 seconds, 11/14/09 Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: VERY GOOD (cg) "Hal Holbrook was born to play sly, cantankerous rascals... he's Abner Meecham, a crusty old retired Tennessee farmer who breaks out of a nursing home to return to his land..." (Read the full review...) 118 words, 11/06/09
Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD "...conveys the sense of rootedness and contentment felt by farm people who have not much else to show for their labors besides their land and their houses." (Read the full review...) 774 words, 11/06/09 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK (cg) "Director Scott Teems' film is as quiet as untilled soil -- not always a good thing -- but Hal Holbrook has a handle on where to dig." (Read the full review...) 109 words, 11/06/09 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...begins by looking like your standard old codger story and turns out, as Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Torino' did, to be a lot more." (Read the full review...) 705 words, 04/22/10 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "Hal Holbrook, one of the stage and screen's enduring talents, has never had the solo lead in a feature film. That has been duly rectified... superb..." (Read the full review...) 278 words, 11/20/09 Lou Lumenick, New York Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "Directed at a leisurely pace by Scott Teems, there are a lot of grace notes in 'That Evening Sun'..." (Read the full review...) 206 words, 11/06/09 Chuck Wilson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...the beauty of Halbrook's work here lies in his refusal to soften the character's hard edges. Regrettably, Scott Teems's editorial choices in the film's homestretch waste that discipline..." (Read the full review...) 203 words, 11/04/09
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: EXCELLENT (cg) "...finds some humanity in all the characters... There is a predictability to the story, but that's OK. The acting is superb, Holbrook in particular... an understated pleasure." (Read the full review...) 573 words, 02/05/10 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Holbrook's role of a lifetime. As a crusty old farmer, the actor turns a good little movie into a great one." (Read the full review...) 471 words, 02/05/10 Stan Hall, Portland Oregonian: GOOD (cg) "...a small film with a modest story boosted by strong performances, especially by Holbrook, who plays Abner sympathetic and principled but also mean and crazy." (Read the full review...) 169 words, 02/12/10
Chuck Wilson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: MODERATE "...the beauty of Halbrook's work here lies in his refusal to soften the character's hard edges. Regrettably, Scott Teems's editorial choices in the film's homestretch waste that discipline..." (Read the full review...) 203 words, 11/04/09 Peter Keough, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...scores for cinematography but falls short in originality and character development.... Holbrook makes the most of the role and the film doesn't take the easy way out..." (Read the full review...) 155 words, 04/16/09
Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD "...conveys the sense of rootedness and contentment felt by farm people who have not much else to show for their labors besides their land and their houses." (Read the full review...) 774 words, 11/06/09 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "Hal Holbrook, one of the stage and screen's enduring talents, has never had the solo lead in a feature film. That has been duly rectified... superb..." (Read the full review...) 278 words, 11/20/09
Joe Leydon, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "An exceptionally fine example of regional indie filmmaking... richly atmospheric... boasts first-rate work by a splendid supporting cast and impressive production values..." (Read the full review...) 688 words, 03/27/09 Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "The cast, led by Holbrook giving one of the best performances of his career (and that's saying something), is uniformly terrific, with especially memorable work by veteran actor Barry Corbin..." (Read the full review...) 477 words, 11/05/09 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: OUTSTANDING "Hal Holbrook, one of the stage and screen's enduring talents, has never had the solo lead in a feature film. That has been duly rectified... superb..." (Read the full review...) 278 words, 11/20/09 Stephen Holden, New York Times: GOOD "...conveys the sense of rootedness and contentment felt by farm people who have not much else to show for their labors besides their land and their houses." (Read the full review...) 774 words, 11/06/09
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