Inventing the Abbotts

Starring:Liv Tyler, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Jennifer Connelly, Joanna Going, Barbara Williams, Will Patton, Kathy Baker, Michael Sutton, Alessandro Nivola, Nicole M. Vassallo, Amanda Sherman, Shawn Hatosy, Garrett M. Brown, Julie Benz, Zoe McLellan, David Frazier, Margaret Ash, Clive Rosengren, Susan Barnes
Director: Pat O'Connor
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
A showcase for bright young stars, Inventing the Abbotts aspires to be the kind of 1950s melodrama--like Splendor in the Grass--that was perfected by directors like Elia Kazan and Douglas Sirk. Calling on the strength of his earlier Circle of Friends, Irish director Pat O'Connor brings many of that film's admirable qualities to this similar ensemble piece (set in late-'50s Illinois), but it's held together by looser and weaker threads. And yet this tale of class division and forbidden love is sensitively written and beautifully filmed, highlighted by two young lovers at the center of an interfamilial conflict.

Amazon.com

A showcase for bright young stars, Inventing the Abbotts aspires to be the kind of 1950s melodrama--like Splendor in the Grass--that was perfected by directors like Elia Kazan and Douglas Sirk. Calling on the strength of his earlier Circle of Friends, Irish director Pat O'Connor brings many of that film's admirable qualities to this similar ensemble piece (set in late-'50s Illinois), but it's held together by looser and weaker threads. And yet this tale of class division and forbidden love is sensitively written and beautifully filmed, highlighted by two young lovers at the center of an interfamilial conflict.

Description

Forbidden love and impossible dreams intertwine when the handsome working-class Holt brothers are drawn to the beautiful and wealthy Abbott sisters. Sparks fly, passion flare, and family loyalties are suddenly torn and tested against a small town backdrop of social boundaries and dark secrets. Starring Liv Tyler and an all-star cast including Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup and Jennifer Connelly, "Inventing the Abbotts" re-invents the trials and triumphs of coming of age in a time of innocence that was anything but.

Customer Reviews:

Comment on "Inventing the Abbotts".......2007-03-11

I like the movie because Liv Tyler and Joaquin appear to be such innocent teenage lovers in the film. Billy's character seems not to be satisfied with everything surrounding him. It seems the fate is not fair to him and he envies everything the rich Abbots possess. Besides, I also like the loving mom of the two brothers very much. She is so virtuous and patient with them. Overall it is a very interesting story.

Inventing The Abbotts.......2007-02-19

Some parts of the movie drags and some of the lines are a bit verbose but overall enjoyable. H Sewell

Real life.......2007-02-07

I bought this because of Liv Tyler and Jennifer Connelly, and ended up liking the movie more than I thought I would.

Love Jennifer Connelly!.......2007-01-27

About the best thing about this movie is the gorgeous Ms. Connelly. Her scene where she teases Joaquim Phoenix with her upskirt panty shots in the high school library is the highlight of the whole movie. Her topless scene right before that is good too. Pound that pause button!

Great movie!!.......2006-12-13

This was one of the best romance movies I have ever seen. It isn't the typical type of love story. It is very different and has great actors. It can make you laugh and cry. It's starts out with two families that don't like each other much because of things that happened in the past...or what they thought happened in the past.

Average customer rating:

Inventing the Abbotts [Region 2]
Starring: Liv Tyler , Joaquin Phoenix , Billy Crudup , Jennifer Connelly , and Joanna Going
Director: Pat O'Connor
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00013YQD8

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