Emile

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Alan T @BleakPhilosopher Nov 30, 2025 Painfully dull, confusing, chopped up. McKellen is full of platitudes and apologies and good intentions laid on with a heavy hand due to terrible script choices and lazy writing. If you want to watch it, pay attention to his hair color to tell when it's a flashback, and know that there are three brothers in all and the same child plays both the daughter and the orphaned mother (at ten years old). The tepid speech at the end is supposed to be an atonement for his failures as a brother and as an uncle, that's the excuse for the happy ending. See more Sep 3, 2015 This is about memory and nostalgia. Competent but nothing noteworthy. See more Jul 24, 2013 The story had promise, but the editing made it incredibly hard to follow. See more Jan 25, 2013 Not reassuring, all of these reviews. I bought the dvd a while back and may have tried to watch it but I believe I sold it to a second hand store then more recently "bought it back" and I will finally try and watch it tonight. Until this point, I'd been catching up on season 1 of Dallas...I wonder if this movie will be worth the wait or if any of these reviewers can be trusted for their opinions and evaluations of the film and characters? This movie was worth the wait and the patience to see it through and no: Scott Foundas, Elizabeth Weitzman, V.A. Musetto, Stephen Holden and David Blaylock cannot be trusted for their opinions and in fact, I suggest that all of them need to find another line of work. Emile is an unusual, sad, sometimes uplifting look at an older man who is the lone survivor of three brothers who once worked a Saskatchewan farm. Emile left for England for studies (realistic?) and never returned to see either brother and in fact, failed to come back for his niece who was orphaned not just by her parents but also her grandparents. Emile finally returns to Canada for an honorary award and to see the last two members of family that he has but has never really known. He comes to stay with the two relatives who are already feeling awkward with one another due to marital trouble and growing pains and they slowly get to know each other and he plays a part in reconciling the daughter to her mother. 10/10 See more Oct 6, 2011 Slow, comtemplative and reflective like the old man it portrays. Also touching, compelling, well-acted with characters I cared about. Beautifully filmed in British Columbia. See more Feb 8, 2011 another touching drama between past and present, mckellen is great. See more Read all reviews

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