Avalon | | Cast : | Elizabeth Perkins, Aidan Quinn | | Director : | Barry Levinson | | Studio : | Columbia/Tristar Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen | | Released Date : | October 05, 1990 | | DVD Released Date : | September 23, 2003 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), Portuguese (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Thai (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 09, 2005 | | Summary | Should have won the Oscar for best picture | Content
 | This film is one of my all-time favorites. Wonderful acting,
great story, a beautiful period piece. Mr. Levinson captures the mood superbly, with both humor and drama. And the way he portrayed the grandparents was especially touching, I cry every time. Elijah Wood as a little boy just melts my heart, he's so adorable.
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| Rating | | | Date | June 18, 2005 | | Summary | Should b in Every critics top 100 | Content
| This movie experience is that solid. A Masterpiece in film! BRAVO! |
| Rating | | | Date | January 26, 2005 | | Summary | Funny and Clever ! | Content
| This was one of the best movies I have ever
seen and Elijah Wood makes the best performents
of the begining of his career.The movie is a little
slow at the begining but it does start to pick up the
paste a little later.Avalon is a little funny,WAIT,CAN I say it's funny or MAY I say it's funny"giggle",don't getting what
I said,well then see the movie to find out!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | October 05, 2004 | | Summary | Terrible movie | Content
| I am a 76-year-old Jew who grew up in East Baltimore, surrounded by Eastern European Jewish immigrants. Avalon depicted almost none of the typically Jewish experiences I recall from my youth: the seder at my great grandfather's table, the after school lessons at the Baltimore Talmud Torah, Yum Kipur services at the synagogue just up Baltimore Street from by grandmother's house, my bar mitzvah, etc., etc. Where was the Jewishness I expected to see? Not in this noisy, confusing chazerai! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 03, 2004 | | Summary | Bittersweet commentary on family life in America | Content
| Every time I see this movie, the last 20 minutes or so depress the hell out of me and it makes me nostalgic for an earlier time in which I didn't even live. The closeness of the family, the way kids, parents and grandparents all shared the household, the family talks in the living room...it's just such a departure from the way families exist today, everyone in another city, if not another state. Everyone zoning out in front of the tv. It's a downer, but it's so true! The mood and look of the film are beautiful to watch. It's a thoughtful film worth catching. |
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