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Five Nights in Maine

  • 2015
  • Unrated
  • 1h 22m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
944
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Five Nights in Maine (2015)
A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.
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A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief ov... Read allA young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.A young African American man, reeling from the tragic loss of his wife, travels to rural Maine to seek answers from his estranged mother-in-law, who is herself confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death.

  • Director
    • Maris Curran
  • Writer
    • Maris Curran
  • Stars
    • David Oyelowo
    • Dianne Wiest
    • Rosie Perez
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    944
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Maris Curran
    • Writer
      • Maris Curran
    • Stars
      • David Oyelowo
      • Dianne Wiest
      • Rosie Perez
    • 14User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations total

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    David Oyelowo
    David Oyelowo
    • Sherwin
    Dianne Wiest
    Dianne Wiest
    • Lucinda
    Rosie Perez
    Rosie Perez
    • Ann
    Teyonah Parris
    Teyonah Parris
    • Penelope
    Hani Furstenberg
    Hani Furstenberg
    • Fiona
    Neal Lerner
    Neal Lerner
    • John
    Youness Zakaria
    • Jamal
    Bill Raymond
    Bill Raymond
    • George
    Bobby Moreno
    Bobby Moreno
    • Juan
    • (voice)
    Graham Hults
    • Cop
    • (voice)
    Christopher Pittman Smith
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    • Director
      • Maris Curran
    • Writer
      • Maris Curran
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    4wbabronco

    So disappointing

    I made a point of booking early to see this film when it was announced at the Victoria Film Festival. I simply went on the fact that the two actors headlining would make it a powerful engaging movie.

    This was obviously a labour of love for David Oyelowo (producer) and his performance is to be quite honest "over the top" and I am a fan of his work. I was so disappointed with the dialogue between the Oyelowo and Weist, as much as this is a difficult subject matter, in my opinion the writer did not give them sufficient material to work with.

    I left the movie not having any emotional attachment to the previous 82 minutes watched and feeling my time wasted.
    3j-lacerra

    Misfire

    The director's use of merciless close-ups and hand-held camera actually very soon began to hurt my eyes, turning me off about whatever was happening on screen. We are given about thirty seconds to get to know the soon deceased wife, and so we have little connection with her. The husband is a blank pager as well: other than the fact that he is black (the deceased was white) we know nothing about him. Now I could have been patient and allowed the movie to tell me more about these people, but not through those shaky close-ups. Off it went!
    6subxerogravity

    It's very basic and raw.

    The reviews on it were right. The film is all about David Oyelowo and Dianne Wiest bouncing things off each other, and it's got that going for it, that two such great actors can hold down a film all by themselves, but you do have to like Oyelowo and Wiest a lot to really like the movie.

    It's one of those movies that does not really have a point or expresses it in such low key that only someone watching who has been in that position could really reflect on what is going on and fully feel the emotion.

    It's not that pin point of a situation. A man loses his wife in a car accident and the only one who can relate is his Mother-In-Law, but she is a pain in the neck even after her child's death (although she's dying from cancer so give her a break). This is a harsh situation while they're grieving

    Also thought Rosie Perez was great too in the small role she had. Wish it had more of her because I like seeing her on the screen a lot.

    It was good that the director and writer did have three really good actors to implement their material. They were the redeemable factor in the mediocre film.
    6ferguson-6

    I'm sadder than you

    Greetings again from the darkness. Every young filmmaker should be so fortunate to have Dianne Wiest and David Oyelowo accept roles in their first feature film. With what appears to be little more than an outline for a script, these two top notch actors bring the weight necessary to make us care about their characters … neither being especially likable.

    Written and directed by Maris Curran, it's a story of two people working through their grief and guilt, unable to share the burden due to their inability to get past their own feelings. When a woman dies in a car crash, her husband Sherwin (David Oyelowo) and mother Lucinda (Dianne Wiest) are both devastated. Sherwin tries to drown his depression with non-stop boozing, and ultimately accepts Lucinda's invitation to visit her in rural Maine (a long way from his home in Atlanta).

    The two have never gotten along with each other, and it turns out they each had a strained relationship with the now deceased wife/daughter. What follows are some uncomfortable dinners and conversations punctuated with much awkward silence … or cruelly pointed comments from cancer-stricken Lucinda. An unusually reserved and charming Rosie Perez is at her least obnoxious in the limited role of Lucinda's nurse (and Sherwin's confidante).

    There are few things that waste more energy than a competition over who deserves to grieve more. In fact, Lucinda has a line where she states that being a parent brings out the worst in people … in this movie, that holds true for grieving as well. These two characters are not their best selves as they struggle to come to grips with the gaping hole that now exists in their lives.

    "It should have been me" is not an uncommon thought for those who have experienced the loss of a loved one … especially if they are haunted by the past. The sub-plot of the marital battle over whether to have kids becomes much easier to understand as we get to know Lucinda. As talented as Ms. Wiest and Mr. Oyelowo are, it still would have been nice to have a tighter script, and director Curran could have backed off the relentless hand-held close-ups without sacrificing the solitude and intimacy. Beyond that, she does have some good insight into the process of mourning, and how so many people hold those emotions down deep.
    8RosanaBotafogo

    Hurts, sensitive, sore, beautiful...

    It's about pain, loss, pain of loss, unimaginable and infinite, a beautiful movie, 5 days in Maine, in the presence of the ex mother-in-law, good dialogues, a lot of pain and longing represented, hurts, sensitive, sore, beautiful, the pain of mother and husband...

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    • Release date
      • August 5, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Пять ночей в Мэне
    • Filming locations
      • Maine, USA
    • Production companies
      • Loveless
      • Yoruba Saxon Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,587
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,059
      • Aug 7, 2016
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,587
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      1 hour 22 minutes
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