That Evening Sun (2009)

An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.

Director: Scott Teems

Writers: Scott Teems (screenplay), William Gay (short story "I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down")

Walton Goggins has played Paul Meecham

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Grumpy old man Abner Meecham (Hal Holbrook) walks away from his retirement living. He returns to his Tennesse farm after 3 months to find Lonzo Choat (Ray McKinnon) occupying it. His son Paul (Walton Goggins) had rented it with an option to sell. Abner is unwilling to leave and starts living in the adjacent slave cabin. Lonzo is a drunk. He beats his daughter Pamela (Mia Wasikowska) and wife Ludie (Carrie Preston) after Pamela comes home with a boy. Thurl Chessor (Barry Corbin) is a neighbor. These are great performances of compelling characters. Holbrook shows a terrifically pained bitter person. Everybody delivers in this. There is quiet tension throughout.

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Such a great movie. I remember watching this on DVD , and just cried when just knowing that little then a year later Dixie Carter would pass away. The movie pulls at the heart and does a lot to put us on the old mans side.

"I have visions of your mother.." What does she say? "she listens mostly"
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Wonderful, surprising film, on every level.
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A so-so story of a grouchy old man wanting to take back his farmland from a "white trash" family whose patriarch has a bad reputation. Acting was fine, but the story line is not quite the best. Mia Wasikowska did a great performance of playing an American teen when she is actually Australian.
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The ending was disappointing to me. I understand that every movie can't have a happy ending, and it shouldn't determine the quality of the movie, but i really thought the movie ran out of gas. I loved the scenery, and holbrook was awesome. It just seems that more attention was paid to the beginning of the film. Decent, but by the end I felt it lost something...
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That Evening Sun is an absolutely excellent, authentic, and thought provoking drama. The script was top notch, and so was the cast, lead by Hal Holbrook who was tremendous. All of the characters were decidedly realistic and fleshed out. What I really loved about the film was the flawed nature of both the protagonist and the antagonist, this isn't a simple morality tale, it's a true character study that treats people as complex and multi-faceted. This, in addition to its' tense deliberate pacing and beautiful cinematography, make it a powerfully moving film.
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