Reclaiming a Home at the Sunset of Life
di Stephen Holden The New York Times
In “That Evening Sun,” the story of a feisty Tennessee farmer who flees a nursing home to return to his rural homestead, where he discovers that another family has taken up residence, Hal Holbrook strips the stereotype of the grumpy old man of sentimental shtick and cutesy old-codger mannerisms.
His hard, steady glare conveys a bone-deep understanding of his thorny character, Abner Meecham, a lonely widower and self-described “80-year-old man with a bum hip and a weak heart.” Mr. Holbrook’s fierce, contained performance matches in depth and truthfulness his portrayal of a weary Army retiree who briefly becomes a surrogate father to Emile Hirsch’s survivalist in “Into the Wild. [...]
di Stephen Holden, articolo completo (4105 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New York Times 6 novembre 2009
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