Childhood's End (film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Childhood's End
| image =
| caption =
| director = Jeff Lipsky
| producer = Jason Kliot
Joana Vicente
| based_on =
| writer = Jeff Lipsky
| starring = Sam Trammell
Reiko Aylesworth
| music =
| cinematography = Victoria Ford
| editing = Sabine Hoffman
| studio = Open City
| distributor = Plainview Pictures
| released = {{film date|1996|8|25|Montreal World Film Festival}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
115 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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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.
Plot
Denise is displeased with Greg and has a relationship with another girl. Greg has his first sexual relationship with his friend's mother.
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
- John Rothman as Bernard Chute
- Maureen Silliman as Mrs. Meyer
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."{{cite magazine|last=Levy|first=Emanuel|title=Childhood's End|date=September 23, 1996|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/childhood-s-end-1200446741/|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}
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."{{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|title=Childhood's End|date=April 4, 1997|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/childhood-film-review.html|accessdate=October 16, 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0115880}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|childhoods_end}}