Search results
When Homer is barely out of his teens, he leaves St. Cloud's to explore the big, wide world in a red roadster driven by Wally Worthington (Paul Rudd), a cocky young Army flyer whose beautiful blond fiancee, Candy Kendall (Charlize Theron), has just had an abortion at St. Cloud's. While Wally is away at war, Homer works as an apple-picker on his ...
Released December 17th, 1999, 'The Cider House Rules' stars Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd The PG-13 movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 6 min, and received a user score of ...
Dec 10, 1999 · But their idyllic life at the cider mill is interrupted when Rose Rose (Erykah Badu), a field worker at the orchard, becomes pregnant and her father, cider-house foreman Mr. Rose (Delroy Lindo), turns out to be the father of her unborn child. This news coupled with the death of Dr. Larch, forces Homer to take a long look at both his moral ...
The Cider House Rules defies conventions as it successfully turns back the clock to the wartime years and tells a story that is unique, despite a number of familiar elements. There are many good films available in multiplexes at this time of year, but few offer a more fulfilling experience than the one promised, and delivered, by The Cider ...
May 10, 1985 · The Cider House Rules has all the traits of a good Irving novel: the humane, odd, and likable characters with unusual life experiences; a storyline with moral undertones; profound scenes -- some zany and humorous -- others wise and touching. Don't get me wrong, this book isn't for everyone.
The Cider House Rules is a Bildungsroman, or a coming-of-age novel; it is set in the 1930s through to the 1950s. Its protagonist is Homer Wells, an orphan in rural Maine. Homer lives in an orphanage called St. Cloud’s, in a poor inland valley town of the same name. The town was once a prosperous logging town but now is mostly abandoned.
Dec 10, 1999 · THE CIDER HOUSE RULES uses a homespun approach to celebrate the “virtues” of abortion. Homer Wells is a young man growing up in an orphanage in rural Maine. Doctor Larch runs the orphanage and serves as a surrogate father to his charges. Dr. Larch performs abortions, which Homer insists is wrong. In time, Homer moves away from the orphanage ...
