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After she was gone, there would be no one who knew the whole of her life.
As Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) lays on her deathbed, she recounts the story of her first true love and the events of 50 years ago that defined her life, to her two daughters, Nina Mars (Toni Collette) and Constance Haverford (Natasha Richardson). Much of what Ann tells her daughters is cryptic as Ann sees scenes of her youth and grapples with being called to death.
In flashback, we see the young Ann (Claire Danes) as she arrives at her good friend's family's summer mansion in Newport where her friend Lila Wittenborn (Mamie Gummer) is to be married in a few days. Present are Lila's uptight parents (Glenn Close, Barry Bostwick) and Lila's brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy), who has always been smitten with Ann, has a drinking problem, and is convinced that Lila is marrying the wrong man.
When Ann arrives at the seaside mansion, Buddy introduces her to Lila's first love, Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson), a doctor who the Wittenborn family has known most of his life because he is the son of the Wittenborn's maid. Ann is intrigued and is drawn to Harris, beginning the most passionate romance of her life.
Also in the cast are Meryl Streep as the mature Lila visiting the dying Ann; and Eileen Atkins as the dying Ann's night nurse.
Based on a novel by Susan Minot. Directed by Lajos Koltai.
Run time: 1 hour, 57 minutes.
Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, sexual material, a brief accident scene and language.
My personal rating: A-
As Ann Lord (Vanessa Redgrave) lays on her deathbed, she recounts the story of her first true love and the events of 50 years ago that defined her life, to her two daughters, Nina Mars (Toni Collette) and Constance Haverford (Natasha Richardson). Much of what Ann tells her daughters is cryptic as Ann sees scenes of her youth and grapples with being called to death.
In flashback, we see the young Ann (Claire Danes) as she arrives at her good friend's family's summer mansion in Newport where her friend Lila Wittenborn (Mamie Gummer) is to be married in a few days. Present are Lila's uptight parents (Glenn Close, Barry Bostwick) and Lila's brother Buddy (Hugh Dancy), who has always been smitten with Ann, has a drinking problem, and is convinced that Lila is marrying the wrong man.
When Ann arrives at the seaside mansion, Buddy introduces her to Lila's first love, Harris Arden (Patrick Wilson), a doctor who the Wittenborn family has known most of his life because he is the son of the Wittenborn's maid. Ann is intrigued and is drawn to Harris, beginning the most passionate romance of her life.
Also in the cast are Meryl Streep as the mature Lila visiting the dying Ann; and Eileen Atkins as the dying Ann's night nurse.
Based on a novel by Susan Minot. Directed by Lajos Koltai.
Run time: 1 hour, 57 minutes.
Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements, sexual material, a brief accident scene and language.
My personal rating: A-
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