The film is given an almost dream-like quality by Vincent who washes everything in a sepia-type tone that adds to the effect of seeing an adult world of deceit and hurt through the eyes of a child.
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03/19/08
Eve's Bayou (1997)
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Reviews Counted:49
Fresh:39
Rotten:10
Average Rating:7.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A father's philandering nature is only one of several problems for a black southern family, but, to 9 year-old Eve, it is the most immediate. As her suspicions deepen, so does her desire to bring... [More]
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Vondie Curtis-Hall
Director: Kasi Lemmons
Reviews for Eve's Bayou
Top CriticWriter/director Kasi Lemmons shows sweet judgment here, doesn't caricature or demonise the errant father, and elicits a host of nuanced performances from women of all ages.
06/24/06
Top CriticIt is a film of such damning emotional trickery.
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03/24/02
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01/01/00
Top CriticHardly revolutionary.
02/16/03
No review available.
10/10/05
Never quite manages to be its own film.
01/01/00
No review available.
03/20/04
No review available.
06/04/04
Lemmons' focus on strong female characters, and her willingness to ignore accepted notions of "black filmmaking" are powerful assets, but one can't help wishing the film as a whole lived up to its initial promise.
03/19/08
A gothic and, for better or worse, poetic memoir about a young girl and her family of Creole aristocrats.
06/18/02
In Eve's Bayou, Tennessee goes to Louisiana, and finds a familiar home. Tennessee Williams, that is.
04/12/02
After sketching the outline of a thriller, Lemmons fills in the boxes with a feel-good sitcom.
01/01/00
A sparkling directorial debut.
04/27/07
A lovingly made, beautifully acted piece that is as much about childhood views of the grown-up world as it is about the grown-ups themselves.
01/01/00
It would be a shame if Eve's Bayou, Kasi Lemmons' beautiful first feature film, gets pigeonholed as a "black" movie just because it has no white characters.
01/01/00
A movie unto itself, a rousing, original yarn about family life that includes everyone.
01/01/00
An intensely emotional drama that mixes elements of Southern Gothic with the kinds of characters and tensions that prevail in the plays of Southern writers like Tennessee Williams.
06/24/06
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