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Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

  • Summary: Abner Meecham flees a nursing facility and returns to his Tennessee farm, only to discover his son has leased his farm to his old foe, Lonzo Choat. The two men end up in a grudge match, claiming their right to the land. (Freestyle Releasing)
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  1. Positive: 10 out of 12
  2. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Reviewed by: Gary Goldstein
    100
    It's hard to believe, but Hal Holbrook, one of the stage and screen's enduring talents, has never had the solo lead in a feature film. That has been duly rectified with the actor's achingly memorable star performance in the superb That Evening Sun.
  2. There is a predictability to the story, but that's OK. The acting is superb, Holbrook in particular, making That Evening Sun an understated pleasure.
  3. A moving if too-leisurely paced effort that benefits immeasurably from the superb performance by its 84-year-old star.
  4. Director Scott Teems' film is as quiet as untilled soil -- not always a good thing -- but Holbrook has a handle on where to dig.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Negative: 0 out of 2
  1. VanessaR
    9
    Wonderful, surprising film, on every level.
  2. A so-so story of a grouchy old man wanting to take back his farmland from a "white trash" family whose patriarch has a bad reputation. Acting was fine, but the story line is not quite the best. Mia Wasikowska did a great performance of playing an American teen when she is actually Australian. Expand

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