Eve's Bayou

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Tanisha R This is a good movie. I would recommend this. I feel that it dragged in certain areas where it shouldn't have. Some questionable dialogue with the way the children talked to the adults. I also have unanswered questions on why certain things were happening as far as the relationships between the characters. Overall a good watch. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/24 Full Review Autumn M Eve's Bayou was a great movie. The film centers on the detrimental affects of serial infidelity and instead of focusing on the wife's reaction, the film is focused on the more nuanced reactions of the children who cannot process trauma at the same level as the adults. There is a little mysticism thrown in, as two characters have supernatural gifts. Overall, great performances by Lynn Whitfield, Meagan Good and Samuel Jackson. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/11/24 Full Review Alec B A lyrical meditation on childhood and memory. The film only gets better the more Lemmons shades the supporting characters , subplots, and supernatural elements . Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/05/24 Full Review Ted B 3.5 stars; A good classic story from a novel. This movie is 25 years old back when Samuel L. Jackson was a series actor and before being a Marvel villain. This well done movie is a period piece from the Louisiana swamp backwoods. There is some fine acting from a predominantly black cast. An exceptional performance was given by Jurlee Smollett, who played a 10 year old Eve confronted with adult situations. I felt it lived up to its billing. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/23 Full Review Thomas M The best acting performance from Debbi Morgan! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/22 Full Review Audience Member This nuanced study of memory and perception was framed through the story of a wealthy family in the Lousiana town of Eve's Bayou. This plot was a slow boiler and thankfully didn't feel the need to blatantly explain the action to the audience, rewarding them instead by allowing them to unpack this generational family drama at their own individual speed. I definitely kept getting some Pan's Labyrinth vibes as the family turmoil was often viewed through the young daughter's eyes, and with consistent supernatural elements in play, as this film even took on a light horror aesthetic at times. The acting was decent and the unique location was felt by the viewer through many of the sets, but the way this story was crafted and presented is what most impresses. Samuel L. Jackson Binge: Decent esrlier role for Jackson as a wealthy Lousiana doctor in the 1960s. He was challenged and forced to walk a fine line, permitting the viewer to believe his character capable of moral atrocities, while also leaving possibility that he was only guilty of moral missteps, a perception which relied on how the audience viewed him through the other character's eyes. SLJ January #64 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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