i catch even in the cinema with a lady friend . evening be a chick flick with no apology for be such and but i can say with some relief that it not so infused with estrogen that it painful for a red blooded male to watch . except for a single instance at the very end of the movie and i watch with interest and do not have to turn away or roll my eye at any self indulgent melodrama . lady and for their part and will absolutely love this movie . ann lord be elderly and bed ridden and spending her last few day on earth as comfortably a possible in her own home with her two grown daughter at her side . discomfit by the memory of her past and ann suddenly call out a man name her daughter have never hear before represent harris . while both of her daughter silently contemplate the significance of their mother strong urge to recall and redress her ill fat affair with this mysterious man at this of all time and ann lapse back in her head to the fateful day she meet harris and in do so and lose the youthful optimism for the future that we all inevitably part way with . both ann and her two daughter one marry with child and one a serial commitophobe struggle with the central question of whether true love really exists and and perhaps more importantly and if true love can endure the test of time . be we all one day fat to realize that love never last forever . will we all realize that settle for the imperfect be the only realistic outcome . the subtle fact that the age ann be still wrestle with an answer to these question on her deathbed be not lose on her two daughter . the cinematography for evening be interest most of the film be spend in ann mind a she recall the past and and for that reason i think the film be shoot a if it be all deliberately overexpose and to give everyone an ethereal glow ( and thus make it very obvious that all of this be not real and but occur in the past ) . claire dane be beautiful ( appear to be really and really tall and though just 5 5 in reality ) and and be absolutely captivate in one climactic scene where her singing talent be finally put to the test . you can not really talk trash about the cast and which lead off with claire dane and doesn not let up from there represent vanessa redgrave and patrick wilson and meryl streep and glenn close fill out the other major and minor role in the film . i can not really say anything negative about this film at all and though hugh dancy struggle to have his character emerge from utter one dimensionality be in the end a total loss . play the spoil and lovable drunk offspring of the obscenely rich who put up a front of great bravado but be secretly scared stiff of never amount to anything probably doesn not offer much in the way of character exploration he have his order and stuck to them . in the end and gentleman and your lady friend will most certainly weep and and while you will likely not feel nearly as affected and the evening will definitely not be a waste for the time spent watch evening . catch it in theatre or grab it a a rental to trade off for point for when you want to be accompany to a viewing of die hard 4 or the upcoming rambo flick . it will be your little secret that this view do not really cost you much at all .