Academy Awards, USA 2000
| Won Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Michael Caine |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published John Irving | |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture Richard N. Gladstein |
| Best Director Lasse Hallström | |
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration David Gropman (art director) Beth A. Rubino (set decorator) | |
| Best Film Editing Lisa Zeno Churgin | |
| Best Music, Original Score Rachel Portman |
Miramax
Directed by Lasse Hallström
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Lionsgate)
Michael Caine is a doctor at a remote Maine orphanage in the days of WWII. He trains orphan Tobey Maguire to deliver babies and perform the occasional abortion. However, Maguire unexpectedly leaves to work on a farm one summer. There he falls in love with Charlize Theron, the lonely girlfriend of a flyer sent off to the war. He also helps a pregnant migrant worker who is the victim of incest. Eventually, Charlize's boyfriend returns and Maguire decides to return to the orphanage to pick up where he left off. A depressing parade of abused orphans, abortion, rape, incest and drug abuse, with Maguire smirking his way through it all.
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