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Stone Angel, The
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Mixed or average reviews
Based on 6 critic reviews
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Based on 7 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Drama
Written by:
Kari Skogland
Margaret Laurence (novel)
Directed by: Kari Skogland
Release Date:
Theatrical: July 11, 2008
DVD: October 21, 2008
Running Time: 119 minutes, Color
Origin: Canada
Summary
RATING: R for some sexuality and brief language
Starring Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers, Ellen Page, Dylan Baker, and Wings Hauser
Feisty firecracker Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life putting her at odds with family and friends. With her life nearly behind her, she sets out in search of a way to reconcile herself to her turbulent past. Based on the best selling novel by Margaret Laurence. (Vivendi Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
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Variety Eddie Cockrell
Prolific helmer Kari Skogland draws a fiery performance from vet Burstyn and a beguiling one from Christine Horne as the young Hagar. Yet the book's sheer "Giant"-like scope necessitates generational cross-cutting that's both rushed and cluttered; pic would have have been better served as a more leisurely miniseries.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Tim Grierson
Despite its cutesy comic-relief digressions and overdone solemnity, The Stone Angel finds its way past tonal inconsistencies to a moving conclusion that doesn't romanticize death.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
This multigenerational family history has enough gripping moments to hold your attention, but ultimately it leaves you frustrated by its failure to braid subplots and characters into a gripping narrative.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein
Burstyn gets to use her full bag of tricks to bring this crabby, hard-knocks survivor to life. Though she's aged 15 unflattering years, forced into awful old lady clothes and her character teeters on unsympathetic, the actress manages a rich, vanity-free performance, perhaps her best since "Requiem for a Dream."
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
Writer-director Kari Skogland adapts a beloved Canadian novel gracefully and with plenty of spunk, the same way its main character moves through the world from cradle to grave.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
A lesson in the perils of trying to cram a hefty Canadian novel that spans decades into a movie running just under two hours.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 9.5 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Collin T. gave it an8:
Themes of how family history can repeat itself, courage for self exploration and the freeing impact that letting go of the past can have on others all seem to be explored in this broad reaching life epic. It is not often that a film shows the broad strokes of an entire life lived to distill it's fundamental impact. Yet, the audience is given enough room to draw their own conclusions. It is both a tragedy and an heroic tale of impressive detail and scope.
