The Cider House Rules Reviews

Ever since I saw ‘What's Eating Gilbert Grape’, I have been a big fan of Lasse Hallstrom and, for the last 20 years, I have been closely following his work. However, I have to admit that most of his movies never really reached the same level of ‘What's Eating…’. Still, if there was ever one movie that came close, that was probably this one. Indeed, I thought it was a fascinating story (I even read the book many years after watching this movie) filled with some flawed and interesting characters. Among those characters, the most fascinating one was easily the one played by the great Michael Caine who was rewarded by a deserved Acamedy Award. In fact, I was really amazed to see some comments in IMDb arguing that this character was selfish because, among other things, he may have committed suicide, even if his death might have been actually an accident. If there was ever an unselfish character, that was definitely this one. I mean, the guy pretty much spent all his life taking care of those orphans and those pregnant women and, yet, some people still think he was actually selfish. To be honest, I think I could have watched a movie just focusing on this great human being and he was probably one of the most inspiring characters I have ever seen. Concerning the other characters, they were also quite interesting but I’m afraid there was maybe too much material to handle for this movie. Anyway, to conclude, I thought it was a really strong drama and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.