The Cider House Rules

1999 "A story about how far we must travel to find the place where we belong."
7.4| 2h6m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 17 December 1999 Released
Producted By: Miramax
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.miramax.com/movie/the-cider-house-rules/
Synopsis

Homer is an orphan who was never adopted, becoming the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch. Dr. Larch imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer, who becomes a skilled, albeit unlicensed, physician. But Homer yearns for a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. What will Homer learn about life and love in the cider house? What of the destiny that Dr. Larch has planned for him?

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DubyaHan The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way
Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.
Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
amexspam This is a well done film, filled with nuance and careful character development. It shows humans with all of their foibles and how they cope. The lead actors are very good, and Michael Caine truly deserved his Oscar. The reason for the less than stellar overall rating is due to the anti-choice fanatics that obsess over the fact that women are given a choice and then give the film low marks. The anti-choice fanatics show their obsession to control lives extends well beyond another's womb, but want total control.
Tan Nguyen If I had children, I wouldn't allow them to watch this movie. Why? The entire movie is a propaganda for abortion. It only depicts pro-choice arguments. Pro-life arguments are completely left out.The most manipulative character in this movie is Doctor Wilbur who talks Homer into guilty feelings for being pro-life ("If this girl came to you few months earlier, and asked for an abortion, what would you have done? Nothing. You would have done nothing. And this happens by doing nothing" (a girl is dying after a badly performed abortion by an amateur). Besides Dr Wilbur, all pro-choice people are the good guys, whilst all pro-life people are the baddies. Homer is an exception to this rule because in the end, he changes his mind and becomes an abortionist himself.Dear author of this movie and the book. There are foster parents in this world who do love their adopted children, and who would never raise their hands against them. And there are mothers who live happily ever after with their rape-children. If Charlize Theron's character actually wanted to have some children so much, why did she abort her first child in the first place? Oh, let me guess, she was just not ready yet for being a mother.I rate this movie with 7 stars for two reasons. When I was a teenager, I didn't fully understand the message of this film. To me, it was a beautifully made movie about a boy searching for a home and a family before realising that the orphanage has always been, and always will be his true home and family. Now that I'm older, I understand the manipulative message ("abortion is not a crime, and should be legalised"). Because of its one-sided message, I think this movie is indeed a very dangerous brainwashing movie. If the author's intent was the legalisation of abortion, then well done! It's legal now in many states and countries. On behalf of thousand millions of aborted babies, THANK YOU very much!! I hope, you can sleep with all those painful screams of unwanted babies. Again, THANK YOU!
billsoccer This is a very well written, performed, and filmed movie. It stars Tobey Maguire as Homer - an orphan trained to assist the physician-in-charge of the orphanage. The physician (Michael Caine) is Dr. Larch - a gruff but loving step-father to his charges. The movie is set in the mid 1900's, in a Maine where abortion is quite illegal. Dr. Larch long-ago decided the law didn't make enough allowances and has dedicated himself to right these 'wrongs'. The movie deals with the coming-of-age of Homer: Originally seeing the sanctity of all life, seizing an opportunity to see the larger world, and eventually coming to agree with Dr. Larch's philosophy. As I implied at the beginning, this is a very engrossing film. I wish it wouldn't have been used (and not so subtly) to justify abortion on demand. After all, Homer's love interest uses it simply for birth control, so she and her boyfriend won't be embarrassed/inconvenienced.
Armand more than a movie, it is a beautiful meeting between a good cast and a good novel. the Irving universe is, step by step, resurrected with admirable grace and the performances are really seductive. a film about choices and verdicts, with powerful flavor of South and with gentle demonstrations of clever solutions for transform a story in more than a beautiful one but, maybe, memorable. one of films who represents a must see for the delicate force of image, subject, acting. it is an useful tool for reflection about world and its rules. romance and drama in right proportions, it is source of special mark who reminds old things, who resurrect new emotions.