Eventually it becomes clear that Rose is an incest victim, and Homer must decide whether to offer her an abortion.Īll of this somehow sounds more dramatic than it plays. Manual labor clears Homer's head and fresh air delights him he embraces this world, and after Wally goes off to fight in World War II, Homer and Candy fall in love. Rose ( Delroy Lindo) and including his daughter Rose Rose ( Erykah Badu).
Homer becomes their friend and follows them to Wally's family farm, where he joins an apple-picking crew headed by Mr. (If forged papers are necessary, no problem.) Homer, meanwhile, wonders if he might not be allowed to choose his own path in life.Ĭandy ( Charlize Theron) and her boyfriend Wally ( Paul Rudd) arrive at the orphanage for an abortion. He names the baby Homer Wells and essentially adopts the kid himself, teaching him everything he knows about medicine and grooming him to take over the institution. At lights out, he salutes them: "Good night, you princes of Maine-you kings of New England!" Larch is an old-fashioned progressive who would be a secular saint were it not for a few flaws, such as snuggling with his nurses and addicting himself to ether. Larch, who rules benevolently, is beloved by his staff and orphans. Cloud's orphanage in Maine, where you go to "add a child to your life, or leave one behind." Dr. It's almost deliberately unfocused it shows us many events without guiding them to add up to anything definite. A larger question remains: Why is there such a muddle about the movie's subject? I left the theater wondering what the movie thought it was about and was unable to say.
Larch will perform an abortion on request, but Homer believes it is justified only in cases of rape or incest (not unknown in this movie). If I had to choose, I'd vote with Taubin, who notes that Dr. James Berardinelli, a leading Web critic, thinks it provides a "reasonably balanced perspective" on the debate, but Peter Brunette, another leading Web critic, doesn't even mention Homer's doubts.
This results in a "controversial pro-choice stance on abortion" (David Rooney, Variety), or "it makes men the arbiters of what happens to a woman's body" (Amy Taubin, Village Voice).
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