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Childhood's End (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Childhood's End' is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Jeff Lipsky and featuring Sam Trammell and Reiko Aylesworth. It is Lipsky's feature directorial debut.
Cast
*Cameron Foord as Evelyn Edwards
*Heather Gottlieb as Rebecca Meyer
*Colleen Werthmann as Denise Edwards
*Sam Trammell as Greg Chute
*Bridget White as Chloe Chute
*Reiko Aylesworth as Laurie Cannon
*Philip Coccioletti as Harvey Branch
*Ellen Tobie as Miranda Chute
*Maureen Silliman as Mrs. Meyer
Plot
Denise is displeased with Greg and has a relationship with another girl. Greg has his first sexual relationship with his friend's mother.
Release
The film was released at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 25, 1996.
Reception
Emanuel Levy of 'Variety' gave the film a mixed review, calling it "mildly engaging but ultimately frustrating."
Stephen Holden of 'The New York Times' gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "has the atmosphere of a tasteful upper-middle-class talk show, crammed with dialogue that is as dispassionate as it is savvy."
References
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