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Long Day's Journey Into Night

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A quiet Connecticut vacation home is the backdrop for domestic decline. Sensitive son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) returns home from spending time at sea to a family in a state of collapse. His father (Ralph Richardson) is an alcoholic miser. His mother, Mary (Katharine Hepburn), is addicted to morphine. His brother, Jamie (Jason Robards), is aggressive and unstable. As Edmund and his brother clash over how to help their mother, she becomes increasingly concerned about Edmund's worsening health.

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Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting You can say you don’t like Lumet’s cinematic choices; you just can’t say he didn’t make any cinematic choices. They abound - and at times astound - in this adaptation. Rated: 4/5 Aug 9, 2024 Full Review Ed Potton Times (UK) The result is inevitably a bit stagey, especially Hepburn's more histrionic moments. Yet the psychological insight is acute, the tone searingly dark. Rated: 4/5 Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Bosley Crowther New York Times For what they have set out to do, Mr. Lumet and the producer, Ely Landau, have given us a fine, fair picture of a tough and maybe tedious O'Neill play. Rated: 3.5/5 May 20, 2003 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm ...does little to disguise the fact that it’s based on the Eugene O’Neill play. Rated: 2.5/4 Aug 1, 2024 Full Review Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine Sidney Lumet has given us a superb cinematic translation of the only American play to which the much-abused adjective "great" can seriously be applied. Aug 1, 2019 Full Review Wesley Lovell Cinema Sight An adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's legendary play results in a stage-bound production lifted by grand performances, including the delightful Katharine Hepburn. Rated: 3.5/4 Aug 15, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blobbo X Listening to a 3 hour long family argument plus drug addiction, tuberculosis. Fun times! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/13/23 Full Review W. W. W It's a filmed play, no new dimentions explored except the stage play itself. But, the performances of the cast are outstanding. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/12/23 Full Review j f I love this play. I prefer the 1987 production, but Katharine Hepburn alone is worth it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/25/23 Full Review steve d Way too dark and melodramatic for me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review andy f Another masterpiece from Sidney Lumet. A family with addictions descend into dark territory as a day progresses into night. Utterly mesmerising, only Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf possibly beats this for the dark humour and drink sodden atmosphere. Four world renowned actors at the very top of their game. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A minimalist character study of a dysfunctional family in 1912 New England. Aging actor Ralph Richardson and his reclusive wife Katharine Hepburn spend their days and nights at a summer home. One day they get together with their two sons (Jason Robards, Jr. and Dean Stockwell) and a hefty amount of skeletons begin to fall out of each one's closet. Hepburn is called out for being a dope addict, Richardson for being a great failure, Robards for being an alcoholic, and Stockwell for being too sickly. The dialogue is sharp and vivid and the performances, however stagey, are first-rate. Hepburn's ramblings make you feel as if she actually became a morphine addict while filming and the barbs between Robards and Stockwell are tense and draining. The film takes place throughout one day and into one night. Make no mistake that this is a lengthy picture but also well worth the time. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A quiet Connecticut vacation home is the backdrop for domestic decline. Sensitive son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) returns home from spending time at sea to a family in a state of collapse. His father (Ralph Richardson) is an alcoholic miser. His mother, Mary (Katharine Hepburn), is addicted to morphine. His brother, Jamie (Jason Robards), is aggressive and unstable. As Edmund and his brother clash over how to help their mother, she becomes increasingly concerned about Edmund's worsening health.
Director
Sidney Lumet
Producer
Ely Landau, Jack J. Dreyfus Jr.
Production Co
First Company
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 6, 2018
Runtime
2h 54m
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