I saw "Evening" last week and this is what I thought about the film:

Attractive cast...pulitzer prize winner....renowned cinematographer...Oscar winners...esteemed author. What a hugh disappointment

I can't speak for others, but this romantic drama tragedy failed miserably in its attempt to dramatize emotional feelings. The screenplay and the characters were never fully developed.

Claire Danes....who I like....was a colossal miscast. She not only had little resemblance with the older Ann (where's the accent), but is beginning to outgrow these type of parts. The chemistry between Ann and Harris was zero.

Toni Collette and Natasha Richardson, who played the daughters, were unconvincing as sisters, whose mother was dying of cancer

Meryly Streep shows up in the film after some 100 minutes....and why...by that time the film is a mishmash. This was nothing more than a casting trick. Would Ms.Streep be there if daughter Mamie Gummer wasn't cast in the film???

Glenn Close's over the top acting about her son is laughable

The screenplay had no depth for the basis of Harris' appeal towards the two women at the wedding. Many films taken from a popular novel fail because the novelist insist on writing the screenplay. And just because you happen to be an acclaimed cinematographer doesn't make you a distinguished director.

The film focus on a dying woman reflecting upon her life and a particular weekend 45 years earlier. I accept the premise that one suffers greatly over the lose of "true love." But after 45 years, several marriages and children, her dying breath, hallucinations, and a Harris that only seems to have good looks; " she still hasn't gotten over it".

    C-

Jack