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Guinevere
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MPAA RATING: R for strong language and sexuality
Starring Sarah Polley, Steven Rea, Jean Smart, and Gina Gershon
Harper Sloane (Polley), an affluent college graduate on her way to Harvard Law, meets a much older Bohemian photographer named Connie (Rea) at her sister's wedding. She moves in with Connie and mixes romance with her unorthodox education in the ways of photography.
| GENRE(S): | Romance |
| WRITTEN BY: | Audrey Wells |
| DIRECTED BY: | Audrey Wells |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 14, 2000 Video: March 14, 2000 Theatrical: September 24, 1999 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 104 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | USA |
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The average user rating for this movie is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Chad S. gave it a 7:
Surely there are female mentors that could inspire unformed women to blossom, but a film requires both teacher and student to fall in love. "Guinevere" doesn't want to be that edgy, but the premise that a young girl finds love outside her family with an older man, recalls the made-for-TV-movie about child exploitation, "Fallen Angel", in which both films feature the taking of nude photographs. But Connie, a creep in form, seems right for Harper, a girl who seems too matured for boys her own age, so we reserve our judgments about Connie within the context of his serial dating, but not when he's in the moment, dating Harper, and seemingly loving Harper.
Yoon Min C. gave it a 7:
For a movie about a photographer it sure lacks focus. In terms of character motivations and emotional resolutions we are left feeling fuzzy. Polley plays a rich girl who finds solace and excitement in a relationship with a bohemian photographer who's equal parts fraud and the real thing, as both artist and lover. Most of the movie plays the bohemian scene too cute, and the final part of the movie where their relationship falls apart is poorly constructed and so dissipate into blah. However, the role of Polley's mother is exquisitely played with well-measured refinement and venom; her humiliation of Rea's character is devastatingly written and performed. And, the scene near the end when 'Guinevere' leaves Rea, dejected and alone, in the hotel room and runs into the vast cold night is beautifully heartwrenching. I'm not sure whether this is semi-autobiographical; it was written and directed by Audrey Wells. But, if so the films gains from a degree of genuine involvment and loses by lack of proper distance between artist and the subject that might have lent it a more rational perspective.
Blanco A. gave it a 6:
Sarah Polley & Stephen Rea are terrific, as usual. But the film's pacing, especially toward end, is awkward.
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