The Cider House Rules

Year: 1999
Cast: Evan Dexter Parke, Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Michael Caine, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Erykah Badu, Kathy Baker, Jane Alexander, Kieran Culkin, Kate Nelligan, K. Todd Freeman, Heavy D, J.K. Simmons, Erik Per Sullivan; CAMEO(S): John Irving
Directed By: Lasse Hallstrom

Homer Wells (Maguire) grows up in the St. Clouds, Maine orphanage, with his mentor, Dr. Larch (Caine), teaching Homer everything about caring for the children, delivering babies, and performing (illegal) abortions (which Homer refuses to do). But, in 1943, when flyboy Wally (Rudd) shows up with girlfriend Candy (Theron), Homer gets his chance to see something of the world. He winds up as an apple picker and, when Wally returns to the war, Candy's new beau. But Homer has a lot of lessons to learn about making--and living by--your own rules. Irving wrote his first screenplay from his novel. Old-fashioned, coming of age story with excellent performances.

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