Evergreen

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Evergreen

PG-13

Released Jan 19, 2004

1h 27m

Drama

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A girl becomes infatuated with a classmates wealthy -- but flawed -- family.

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Thought-provoking film about social class; teens+.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 18, 2005

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Zentelis' affection for her characters and the clear-eyed honesty of her storytelling glides us through any unsubtleties.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 10, 2004

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Mark Pfeiffer

Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

Evergreen is composed of standard teleplay material that fails to surprise and engage at almost every turn.

Rated: C-

Apr 13, 2005

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Vince Koehler

Entertainment Spectrum

The movie comes to a satisfactory conclusion teaching the lesson that things aren't always as good as they look.

Rated: 2.5/4

Oct 6, 2004

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Brent Simon

Entertainment Today

The dialogue is on-the-nose and its lessons are pedestrian, but the film remains a "working poor-trait" of poignancy and grace due to Addie Land's unself-conscious turn.

Rated: B-

Oct 5, 2004

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Someone's mad, and I'm beginning to think I might be the one. A nominee for Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and winner or official selection of four others should at least seem reasonably good, right? If this film is representative of the independent film, consider me an advocate of the studio system. Everything about it was amateurish. Performances across the board were unconvincing, but some of that might have been a product of a script that, when not cliched, was absolutely bizarre. Overall direction made the human forms on the screen feel anything-but. Cinematography was directionless and at times invasive. Everyone pitch in and you can get me TWO straight-jackets for when one is in the wash.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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ever green only green

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Earnest slice-of-life is fairly routine drama.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Synopsis

A girl becomes infatuated with a classmates wealthy -- but flawed -- family.

Director: Enid Zentelis
Producer: Enid Zentelis, Norma Jean Straw, Yael Melamede, Eva Kolodner
Production Co: Salty Features
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Sexual Content Involving Teens)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2004, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.6K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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