
Somerset, 1958. Eva enters adulthood with good humor, keeping house for her absent-minded father, letting her younger sister Janie in on the secrets of growing up, working at a furniture factory, and dreaming of Joseph Lees, her second cousin who's off in Africa and Italy as a geologist, but has lost a leg in an accident. She's also considering the advances of a local farmer, Harry Flite, ebullient and head over heels for Eva. She agrees to live with him and seems happy, then... (Full plot summary below)
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Somerset, 1958. Eva enters adulthood with good humor, keeping house for her absent-minded father, letting her younger sister Janie in on the secrets of growing up, working at a furniture factory, and dreaming of Joseph Lees, her second cousin who's off in Africa and Italy as a geologist, but has lost a leg in an accident. She's also considering the advances of a local farmer, Harry Flite, ebullient and head over heels for Eva. She agrees to live with him and seems happy, then at a family wedding, Joseph appears, she asks him to dance, and her fantasy begins to clash with Harry's obsession.
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| New York PostJonathan ForemanMost of the movie's rewards are in watching Morton. |
| NewsweekLaura ShinA beautifully articulated and acutely perceptive work with impeccable, carefully shaded performances. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumLet loose in a plot that's surprisingly modern about sex and relationships, Morton gives Eva's torn longings an immediacy that transcends a lot of damp, 1950s rusticated preciousness. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis film reminded me of a Thomas Hardy type of novel that was written by someone who didn't have the writer's obvious talents. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA beautifully articulated and acutely perceptive work with impeccable, carefully shaded performances. |
| Salon.comCharles TaylorAlong with Sheryl Lee, Morton is probably the best actress to have emerged in this decade. |
| L.A. WeeklyF. X. FeeneyA film whose story movingly outfoxes any number of shopworn expectations on its way to a singular, heart-rending outcome. |
| TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh(A) languorous, mud-spattered psychological tale. |
| Film.comElizabeth WeitzmanTells its glumly bodice-ripping tale with somber sensitivity. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittSincere acting lends the film a measure of dramatic dignity. |