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Children on Their Birthdays

  • 2002
  • 0
  • 1 Std. 42 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,3/10
600
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Tom Arnold, Christopher McDonald, Sheryl Lee, Joe Pichler, Jesse Plemons, and Tania Raymonde in Children on Their Birthdays (2002)
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzu12 year old Lily Bobbit moves to Medda, Ala, and immediately makes an impression on the residents when she and her friends team up to outsmart a con man, the town is changed forever.12 year old Lily Bobbit moves to Medda, Ala, and immediately makes an impression on the residents when she and her friends team up to outsmart a con man, the town is changed forever.12 year old Lily Bobbit moves to Medda, Ala, and immediately makes an impression on the residents when she and her friends team up to outsmart a con man, the town is changed forever.

  • Regie
    • Mark Medoff
  • Drehbuch
    • Truman Capote
    • Douglas Sloan
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Sheryl Lee
    • Christopher McDonald
    • Tom Arnold
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,3/10
    600
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Mark Medoff
    • Drehbuch
      • Truman Capote
      • Douglas Sloan
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Sheryl Lee
      • Christopher McDonald
      • Tom Arnold
    • 31Benutzerrezensionen
    • 6Kritische Rezensionen
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    • Auszeichnungen
      • 1 wins total

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    Sheryl Lee
    Sheryl Lee
    • Elinore Murphy
    • (as Sheryl Lee Diamond)
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Speedy Thorne
    Tom Arnold
    Tom Arnold
    • Lionel Quince
    Joe Pichler
    Joe Pichler
    • Billy Bob Murphy
    Tania Raymonde
    Tania Raymonde
    • Lily Jane Bobbit
    Jesse Plemons
    Jesse Plemons
    • Preacher Star
    Phyllis Frelich
    Phyllis Frelich
    • Mrs. Bobbit
    Brazhal Brewer
    • Rosalba Cat
    Marilyn Dodds Frank
    • Mrs. Quince
    Ritch Brinkley
    Ritch Brinkley
    • Acey Trump
    Lucina Paquet
    • Mrs. Sawyer
    Paul Quaintance
    • Pastor Williams
    Caitlin Collins
    Caitlin Collins
    • Janice
    Emily Clibourn
    Emily Clibourn
    • Cora Mae
    Cynthia Baker
    • Ada Willingham
    • (as Cynthia Barker)
    Weston Mueller
    Weston Mueller
    • Butch Star
    Phillip Dawkins
    • Bubba Star
    John Judd
    John Judd
    • Jeb
    • Regie
      • Mark Medoff
    • Drehbuch
      • Truman Capote
      • Douglas Sloan
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    9saved4eternity

    A beautiful coming of age film!

    I remember being so disappointed that this film never made it into my local theater after seeing the trailer for it played there more than once. Obviously, the theater management did not think such a sweet film, an innocent film, could capture much of an audience. They were wrong. It captured me wholeheartedly. Not only is the movie cinematically beautiful, with a small town backdrop much like that in My Dog Skip, but the characters seem to have been dropped right out of the 1940's. Yes, some might call it schmaltzy, sugary, even overdone in some respects. Lily Jane's overdone accent I found particularly annoying. But Hollywood has done its best to give us the dark side, the horrific side, the characters filled with malice and malevolence. I find this film so refreshing and well acted as well. Using mostly unknowns makes the film feel even more comfortable. The characters are on an even playing field and each contributes more than his share. Children on Their Birthdays tells a simple story of growing up, mending fences, finding our way in a world which can be a very cynical place. But the children here give us hope that if their innocence can translate into tenderheartedness as adults, maybe we have a shot at a better tomorrow after all.
    rybonucleic

    A gentle stroll.

    `Children on their Birthdays' is not meant to tax your cranium or exercise your sense of adventure; rather, to take you on a gentle stroll through the (not quite) coming of age of four thirteen-year-olds in 1940's Alabama. Joe Pichler and Jesse Plemmons demonstrate some real versatility in portraying the two young friends/rivals and Tania Raymonde delivers a dose of the same smarts and mystery she's done on TV in "Malcolm in the Middle". You can take your young kids to this one. It supplies plenty of tenderness and a little slapstick as the kids and the town get mixed around with romance, snake oil, some amazingly hardy roses and a really fine old red tow truck.
    8jerrywilson

    A surprisingly good family film

    I rented the DVD because I was simply in the mood to watch a movie, and I'd seen almost everything else new that hadn't already been rented out. So I gave "Children on Their Birthdays" a shot, not expecting too much.

    I was surprised to discover that I really enjoyed it. In fact, the day after I had watched it, I found myself thinking about the characters and smiling. So I bought the DVD and have watched it several times since then.

    I won't go into a detailed description, because that's already been done. But the characters are endearing. Despite a forced southern accent by Miss Lily Jane Bobbit, she is still the centerpiece of the movie. All the children performed wonderfully.

    The movie is a study in contrasts: Honesty vs. dishonesty, rural vs. urban, child vs. adult, etc. Overall, it's a movie deserving of a higher rating than it has received.

    I gave it an 8.
    FilmServices

    A great movie that captures the essense of good filmmaking.

    It's hard to say what any deceased writer would do, but this very much alive viewer felt the movie was beautifully made with simple style and gentle awareness towards its subjects. I loved watching this movie and escaping into the world of Lilly Jane Bobbitt. After seeing this movie, I re-read the short story by Capote and enjoyed remembering what I had seen recreated by the producers and director. Hollywood thinks if you blow it up they'll come. But, I believe if you make a wonderful film, they'll not only come, but they will leave wanting more - and that's how I felt about Mark Medoff's movie "Children on Their Birthdays."
    bababear

    I Tried to Like It. Really I Did

    Watching a movie like this that turns out to be a disaster is a strange experience. It's "based" on one of Truman Capote's early short stories. Well, it has the title and characters and setting. The story? Bits and pieces of it.

    What's good= If there were an Oscar given for Best Location Scout, this would have won it. The houses and stores are amazing and there are lots of old cars. There's also some great (with the exception of a Celine Dion song that comes out of nowhere) music, using lots of songs from the Big Band era. Ditto costumes and hairstyles.

    What's bad= Almost everything else. There are too many situations that had me and Mrs. Bear simply rolling our eyes. But the worst thing is the heavy "Southern" accents the actors have. On stage, they could have gotten away with this. But film is a terribly unforgiving medium in that you've got actors standing on real streets in front of real houses. Director Mark Medoff is a hugely talented writer, having won a Tony Award for CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD. What possessed a writer from Illinois, shooting in great locations in his home state, to think he could handle the speech patterns of the rural South? I recently saw an independent film called NOBLE THINGS, which was set and filmed in the Beaumont, Texas, area. Because its director couldn't afford a lot of Hollywood actors he hired actors from Houston and Beaumont and their speech patterns were natural and unaffected.

    At best, CHILDREN ON THEIR BIRTHDAYS is a noble effort gone bad. At worst, its abject financial failure (less than $60 thousand returned on a $10 million investment, although it made some more return on investment through DVD and cable)gives Hollywood an excuse to pump out more sequels, more unwanted remakes, and more ultra violent comic book movies. Maybe I should go back and reduce that rating of 3 even lower.

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      Joe Pichler's last film role.
    • Verbindungen
      References Das zauberhafte Land (1939)
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      Written by J.D. Hinton (as JD Hinton), Darryl Phinnessee, and Ross Vannelli

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      Published by Wide Brim Music, Darphin Songs, and Rockwood Music (BMI)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • April 2002 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Sweet Dream Alabama
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      • Aurora, Illinois, USA
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      • Frantic Redhead Productions
      • Crusader Entertainment
      • Salem Productions
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