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| ACTORS: | Jurnee Smollett, Samuel L. Jackson |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Kasi Lemmons |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 07 November, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Vidmark/Trimark |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 031398674139 |
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Customer Reviews of Eve's Bayou
A Poetic Accomplishment This movie is moving and poetic in every sense of the word. From the acting right down to the musical score. I was astounded to learn this is a directorial debut.
Debbi Morgan is absolutely amazing in her role as the sister with the "gift of sight". She provides us with the most amazing scene in the film. In the scene, she is recalling a confrontation between her secret lover and husband. She recalls the events while looking through a mirror, and the scene is acted out as "reflections" in the mirror. This is one of the most powerful scenes I have witnessed. Now that I own the DVD, I can watch it over and over, it is that powerful.
My 2nd favorite performance is by Dianne Caroll, who plays the town voodoo witch.
The DVD has great commentary and an equally well produced short featurette.
The film is complimented by the musical score, which helps the story flow like velvet. I even bought the soundtrack for its amazing hypnotic quality.
Smoldering Family Drama
What a startling portrayal of black, creole life. A period piece, a family drama, and a story that resonates with young and old, black and white, male and female. It is a story of passion directed flawlessly by a little-known African-American, female director who deals with her characters openly and sympathetically. I won't bore or rob you with a summary. But, I will say this is one of the most captivating and overlooked movies of all time, and at least my time. Lynn Whitfield, Sam Jackson and the Smollett siblings are perfect. "Get out the damn tub," young Jurnee Smollet yells to her self-pitying, darker-colored sister, only to have her rear smacked by her psychically gifted Aunt. It's one of those scenes that is at once humorous and unbelievably adult and real. The movie is haunting as a ghost story, delicate as a love story (familial and passionate) and deft as a tale of our power to enchant and be enchanted.
Top 10
Eve's Bayou is one of my favorite movies starring one of my favorite young actresses, Jurnee Smollett. You may remember her from On Our Own, a sitcom with her siblings all apart of the cast. The acting is great and the whole movie is a lot different(including the setting) than the usual stuff that comes out. Samuel Jackson is the loving, but adulterous husband and Jurnee doesn't like it. When she decides he goes too far she does the unthinkable to protect her family.