With the title one understands the aspect of the movie. Yet it is the characters that find themselves on a life-altering journey from past experiences that lead them to find their home/end at a remote island inn. The story is plausible and the script's weaving of Amanda's past false memory childhood occurrence with the current happenings along with Amanda's visualizing of her grandmother in her youth and how it affects her now is tastefully achieved as her story unfolds showing the complexities of her past at the inn, the present entanglement of her current life, and her doubts of her future. She must unravel a mystery and come to terms with herself while encompassing several others trials and futures with hers until all climax together in a surprising ending.
The cast is superb and believable in the roles they assumed. Genevieve Bujold was outstanding; to see her willing to be herself and portray a character of wisdom as a tutor of self-awareness for the confused Amanda is captivating. Lisa Brenner as Amanda delivers an excellent version of a big city woman needing to put herself in jeopardy to assure her working future suddenly finding her future changed by the death of her beloved grandmother and facing a memory that is clouded over by time and her mother's version of the incident. Louise Fletcher is wonderful as her grandmother seen in flashbacks with Amanda. It is nice to see her in any role; she is such a consummate actress. Misha Collins is Dave, her memory, now a grown man working at the inn.
It is skillfully directed by Lawrence D. Foldes in this new venture for him into the melodrama realm instead of the youth beach flicks and action movies. His changing from the present time into the past is neatly achieved with slight of change on the move; and the sweeping of the bedroom from the present to the 1940,s is so softly done the times seam to melt from one to the other. Reminded me of the walking down the street scene as the seasons changed through an entire year from the movie Knotting Hill. The cinematography is spectacular. Why not what else could it be; it was Maine.
The movie has it's full range of audience emotions; smiles, laughs, a haws, ooh's and whelming need to hold back a sniffle or tear. In all it is a very good film, too good to not to be seen by everyone. I hope those who can propel it into the commercial venue for major award considerations see it.
The cast is superb and believable in the roles they assumed. Genevieve Bujold was outstanding; to see her willing to be herself and portray a character of wisdom as a tutor of self-awareness for the confused Amanda is captivating. Lisa Brenner as Amanda delivers an excellent version of a big city woman needing to put herself in jeopardy to assure her working future suddenly finding her future changed by the death of her beloved grandmother and facing a memory that is clouded over by time and her mother's version of the incident. Louise Fletcher is wonderful as her grandmother seen in flashbacks with Amanda. It is nice to see her in any role; she is such a consummate actress. Misha Collins is Dave, her memory, now a grown man working at the inn.
It is skillfully directed by Lawrence D. Foldes in this new venture for him into the melodrama realm instead of the youth beach flicks and action movies. His changing from the present time into the past is neatly achieved with slight of change on the move; and the sweeping of the bedroom from the present to the 1940,s is so softly done the times seam to melt from one to the other. Reminded me of the walking down the street scene as the seasons changed through an entire year from the movie Knotting Hill. The cinematography is spectacular. Why not what else could it be; it was Maine.
The movie has it's full range of audience emotions; smiles, laughs, a haws, ooh's and whelming need to hold back a sniffle or tear. In all it is a very good film, too good to not to be seen by everyone. I hope those who can propel it into the commercial venue for major award considerations see it.