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Plot Summary
Inspired by Chekhov's The Seagull and set in rural New England in the 1980s, Days and Nights stars Allison Janney as Elizabeth, a movie star who brings her paramour Peter (first-time director Christian Camargo) to her lakeside estate to visit her family on Memorial Day weekend. Their eccentric, off-the-wall household includes her ailing brother (William Hurt), her artist son (Ben Whishaw), his ethereal muse (Juliet Rylance), the family doctor (Jean Reno), the estate's custodian (Russell Means), the careless caretaker (Michael Nyqvist) and his wife (Cherry Jones), their temperamental daughter (Katie Holmes) and her long suffering ornithologist husband (Mark Rylance)--the keeper of the sacred land where a bald eagle attempts to raise its young. During the weekend a disastrous turn of events leads the family from dysfunction to heartbreak and, ultimately, salvation.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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0%- Reviews Counted: 8
- Fresh: 0
- Rotten: 8
- Average Rating: 4.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: One can certainly give this movie A for effort, but the achievement falls far short of the lofty intentions.
Rotten: At 92 minutes, Days and Nights feels choppy and hurried, pushing the narrative toward inevitable tragedy rather than exploring how these dispirited people got there.
Rotten: In a movie, nothing good ever seems to happen at a country house. And when it comes to this film, nothing very interesting happens, either.
Rotten: The cast, so packed with talent that Jean Reno and Cherry Jones barely register, is stuck with stagey dialogue. Juliet Rylance, in the Nina part, has a particularly hard time.
Customer Reviews
Days and Nights
This was an awesome movie. The acting. filming and music were great. This movie has a great deal of depth and it will leave you thinking about the characters for a long time. I watched it more than once so that I could really grasp the dynamics of the characters. Best Movie that I have watched in a very long time.
Perfect!!!
This movie is honestly the best movie I've ever seen. The cast line up couldn't have been more perfect and the script was beyond belief. For a small budget this film really went above and beyond. It had you laughing hysterically one moment and crying the next. Such an amazing film and everyone should see it. Saw it on the opening night. Defiantly see this film
Brilliant and beautiful!!
Saw this film at a screening, and I loved it. The story is wonderfully developed and the characters are marvelously developed.
A great directorial debut by Christian Camargo!!!
