The Cider House Rules
Cast
Tobey Maguire as Homer Wells
Charlize Theron as Candy Kendall
Delroy Lindo as Mr. Arthur Rose, Crew Boss
Paul Rudd as Lt. Wally Worthington
Michael Caine as Dr. Wilbur Larch
Directed by Lasse Hallstr�m
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8/10. "Goodnight, my princes of Maine. You kings of New England." That
line, spoken by Michael Caine in The Cider House Rules is very
touching and gives false hope to the orphans in the orphanage.
Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) has lived in that orphanage for all of
his life. Now older and a young man, he helps out Dr. Larch (Caine)
in medical operations in the hospital. What operations? Illegal
abortions. Back in the 1940's, they were illegal. After having a
husband and wife come in for the wife to have an abortion, Homer
decides to leave with them, much to the dismay of Larch and all the
hopeful kids in the orphanage.
Homer becomes an apple-picker and becomes very happy, and involved
with the abortionee, Candy (Charlize Theron). However, he doesn't
know what he left behind.
The Cider House Rules has many good performances, solid drama, great
entertainment, perfect music, and characters to care about. Maguire
played his role right on target. Along with his previous role in
Pleasantville and his future role as Spider-Man, he played his
character with the right naive and apprehensive expressions. Three
cheers for the next big star! Theron also had a great performance,
she really surprised me. Caine well deserved his Best Supporting
Actor Oscar. As the ether-addicted doctor, he was magnificent.
Splendid. All of the supporting characters played their parts well,
including Delroy Lindo, Erykah Badu, Kieran Culkin, and Erik Per
Sullivan (aka Dewey from Malcolm in the Middle.
Many scenes had lump-in-the-throat drama, and it also took a few
surprising twists, keeping it away from your average drama. The music
was right on, really bringing out the mood. And yes, there was
character developement. I'm happy.
Of course, I have a couple irks with the film. The pacing was
sometimes too slow, and some of the content matter was a little too
disturbing for me. Other than that, The Cider House Rules is a solid
piece of entertainment that earns high marks from me.
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Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexuality, nudity, substance abuse and some violence.
Running time: 126 minutes
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