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   What makes 'Avalon' a good movie?

   • The strength of Barry Levinson’s “Avalon” is that it starts as a movie about a happy family and shows why it became unhappy after its own fashion. During the first half hour of the film, my heart sank because it seemed to be another of those potted biopics about an immigrant family’s legends and eccentricities, all three times as colorful as life.

   Avalon movie review & film summary (1990) - Roger Ebert

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   Is 'Avalon' a bad movie?

   • Levinson seems to feel that TV is a disastrous invention that has cut our human society off from its roots. That may be true (although it will not, of course, prevent the eventual sale of this film to television). “Avalon” is often a warm and funny film, but it is also a sad one, and the final sequence is heartbreaking.

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   Is 'Avalon' a sad movie?

   • “Avalon” is often a warm and funny film, but it is also a sad one, and the final sequence is heartbreaking. It shows the way in which our modern families, torn loose of their roots, have left old people alone and lonely–warehoused in retirement homes.

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   Why is Avalon based on a true story?

   • The story of the movie is the story of how the warmth and closeness of an extended family is replaced by alienation and isolation. The title of the film comes from the name of the Baltimore neighborhood where the family first settled. In Celtic mythology, Avalon was an island of blessed souls, an earthly paradise somewhere in the Western seas.

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   Why is 'Avalon' a good quote?

   • This is one of the most familiar quotations in literature for the excellent reason that it states a truth everyone can recognize. The strength of Barry Levinson’s “Avalon” is that it starts as a movie about a happy family and shows why it became unhappy after its own fashion.

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   Who stars in Avalon?

   • Avalon stars Joan Plowright, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, and Kevin Pollak. Writer-director Barry Levinson does for Avalon what he does best: digging close to his roots and reliving his own formative years in Baltimore, much as he did in the three other films: Diner, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights.

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2. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › avalon-1990-1Avalon movie review & film summary (1990) - Roger Ebert

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Avalon_(1990_film)Avalon (1990 film) - Wikipedia

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   The film explores the themes of Jewish assimilation into American life, through several generations of a Polish immigrant family from the 1910s through the 1950s. The film was released to critical acclaim, and was nominated for four Academy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

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5. www.timeout.com › movies › avalonAvalon 1990, directed by Barry Levinson | Film review - Time Out

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   Sep 10, 2012 · Sam Krichinsky (Müller-Stahl), arriving in America from the Old Country on July 4, 1914, wanders awestruck against a night sky alive with firecrackers. He is joined by his brothers, who acquire ...

6. www.commonsensemedia.org › movie-reviews › avalonAvalon Movie Review - Common Sense Media

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   Character-driven Jewish family drama tackles mature themes. Read Common Sense Media's Avalon review, age rating, and parents guide.

   • 4/5
   • Actors: Aidan Quinn, Elijah Wood, Kevin Pollak

   • Director: Barry Levinson
   • Produce Company: Columbia Tristar

7. www.empireonline.com › movies › reviewsAvalon Review | Movie - Empire

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   Oct 4, 1990 · Read the Empire Movie review of Avalon. Sentimentality creeps in now and again, but Levinson's steady grasp of his city's unique atmosphere...

8. www.nytimes.com › 1990/10/05 › moviesReview/Film; In 'Avalon,' a Journey to Baltimore and a Family ...

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   Oct 5, 1990 · The best of ''Avalon'' - which opens today at the Gemini Twin - is gently attuned to this family's love-hate relationship with its own past.

9. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1990/10/05-caMOVIE REVIEW : 'Avalon's' Family Pictures - Los Angeles Times

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   Oct 5, 1990 · Barry Levinson’s “Avalon” is a combination mood-memory play and family saga. Set in Baltimore and stretching from 1914 through the ‘60s, it’s an unusually ambitious work.