Sepia-toned and tough-minded
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08/26/09
Everlasting Moments (2009)
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Reviews Counted:88
Fresh:78
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Elegant and intimate, Everlasting Moments moves at the deliberate and gentle pace of a classical European period drama.
Theatrical Release:Mar 6, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $367,276
Synopsis: In this breathtaking film from renowned Swedish director Jan Troell, a woman experiences an artistic awakening after being introduced to photography. Based on real-life events, the story opens at... [More]
Starring: Maria Heiskanen, Jesper Christensen, Mikael Persbrandt, Ghita Norby
Director: Jan Troell
Reviews for Everlasting Moments
This is a Dickensian tale about the transformative power of art.
06/12/09
What makes the photographer's story so compelling is that her life's work actually does come alive onscreen.
06/12/09
Top CriticVeteran Swedish director Jan Troell loads the chronicle of a poor family in troubled times, 1907 through the late 1920s, with a powerful subtext about class, faith, artistic fulfillment and the mysteries of love.
06/12/09
Top CriticOne of those strange movies -- like the films of Satyajit Ray -- that one seems to inhabit rather than watch.
06/03/09
Mischa Gavrjusjov keys the camera work to the characters' moods, inky blacks portending a thunderous alcoholic outburst, golden washes signaling the heroine's late blooming.
05/29/09
Top CriticThe scenes in which Maria discovers the pleasures of photography are affecting.
05/28/09
Everlasting Moments is a true masterpiece.
05/28/09
The film is exquisitely shot. Yet something’s missing. The figures in Maria’s photographs are uncannily substantial. The characters in the film, by comparison, seem like fragrant ghosts.
05/22/09
Told with delicacy and feeling Everlasting Moments slowly builds into a memorable salute to a remarkable life.
05/22/09
Superficially interesting in many ways but this doesn't really engage on a deeper level.
05/22/09
Troell’s film meshes scenes of high drama and silent contemplation while the milky, sepia-toned Super16 photography lends the images an exquisite, tactile quality.
05/22/09
A slow but perfectly pitched drama that tells its harsh story with touching tenderness, quiet sympathy and an absence of sticky sentiment. The time it demands is amply rewarded.
05/22/09
God, it’s dull. Tasteful, to be sure; the movie would sit perfectly in a Sunday night slot reserved for BBC period adaptations.
05/22/09
Shot in atmospheric sepia tones, this is a modest film with gentle, pleasing sentiments at its heart.
05/22/09
His film is a keepsake, guided to a close as wistful and perfect as the dying bars of a Chopin Nocturne.
05/22/09
There's echoes of Remains of the Day in a heartfelt drama that seems blown in from another world.
05/22/09
An art-house collector's item that will reward the patient and the sensitive.
05/22/09
Fans of good old-fashioned storytelling will find plenty to enjoy, although the less patient may feel the film's title yawnsomely accurate.
05/22/09
This film lovingly celebrates the wonders of technology that we now take for granted.
05/22/09
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