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is a good deal of Edenic imagery in this film: a man and woman,
a natural paradise, a snake that plays a key role in the film.
The story isn’t so much a retelling of the Eden story
as it evocative of that story. It wants us to think in terms of Eden,
even if Eden is
getting pretty run down. |
(2005) Film Review |
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| CREDITS |
|  Directed
by Rebecca Miller
Written
by Rebecca Miller
Cast
(in credits order)
Daniel Day-Lewis .... Jack Slavin
Camilla Belle .... Rose Slavin
Catherine Keener .... Kathleen
Paul Dano .... Thaddius
Ryan McDonald .... Rodney
Jena Malone .... Red Berry
Beau Bridges .... Marty Rance
Jason Lee .... Gray
Susanna Thompson .... Miriam Rance
Anna Mae Clinton .... Young Rose
Produced
by
 Brian Bell .... line producer
Caroline Kaplan .... executive producer
Graham King .... executive producer
Melissa Marr .... co-producer
Jenny Schweitzer .... line producer
Jonathan Sehring .... executive producer
Ethan Smith .... associate producer
Lemore Syvan .... producer
Original Music by Michael Rohatyn
Cinematography by Ellen Kuras
Film Editing by Sabine Hoffmann
MPAA: Rated R for language,
sexual content and some drug material.
Runtime: USA:112 min
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| SYNOPSIS
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 Jack
(Daniel Day-Lewis) lives on the site of his abandoned island commune
with his 16-year-old daughter Rose (Camilla Belle). Since the breakup
of the commune, Jack has sheltered Rose completely from the influences
of the outside world, but now his fatal illness and Rose's emerging
womanhood pose troubling questions about the days ahead.
A man who has lived a life motivated by environmentalism,
Jack now rages at those who do not share his aesthetic, like developer
Marty Rance (Beau Bridges), who is building a housing tract on the
edge of his property.
When Jack invites his girlfriend Kathleen (Catherine
Keener) and her sons Rodney (Ryan McDonald) and Thaddius (Paul Dano)
to live with them, Rose feels betrayed and the situation quickly
becomes precarious. Rose acts out wildly, creating chaos.
As everything flies out of control, Jack finds himself
trapped in an impossible place and is forced to take action.
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On
an island off the east coast live Jack and his nearly adult daughter
Rose. They are the only two people remaining at what was once
a thriving commune with dozens of people. The setting seems
idyllic, but is in decline. Jack and Rose
live in near isolation from the rest of the world, but the outside
world is encroaching quickly. Rose has known
no other life than this, but she needs to learn because Jack could
soon be dead.
There is a good deal of Edenic imagery in this film: a man
and woman, a natural paradise, a snake that plays a key role in
the film. The story isn’t so much a
retelling of the Eden story
as it evocative of that story. It wants us
to think in terms of Eden, even if Eden is
getting pretty run down. Central to this
story is the innocence of Rose. She is completely
undefiled. She doesn’t see TV. She
rarely sees other people. Her whole world
revolves around her father, whom she adores – perhaps way
too much. As she considers his possible death,
she tells him “If you die, I’m going to die.”
But
because Jack is dying, he brings into this seemingly perfect
world some outside influences, his girl friend and her two
teenaged sons. The whole dynamic changes and Rose is not
pleased. She seems to have some pretty serious Electra issues.
She doesn’t want to share her Eden.
She certainly doesn’t want to share her father. The
scene that seemed so tranquil with just the two of them,
becomes much more volatile and dangerous with the others
intruding on their paradise. We discover that even in her
innocence she is capable of surprisingly sordid behavior.
Review
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