Avalon

Name: Avalon
Released: 1990-10-5
Cast: Grant Gelt, Mindy Loren Isenstein, Elizabeth Perkins, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn

Avalon

PG
2h 8m
1990

85%

age 13+

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From the Academy Award® winning director of Bugsy, Avalon is based loosely on Barry Levinson's own family and their real experiences emigrating to Baltimore in the early 20th century from Eastern Europe. The third in Levinson's group of "Baltimore" chronicles, which include Diner and Tin Men, Avalon.

Director:

Barry Levinson

Producer:

Barry Levinson, Mark Johnson

Writer:

Barry Levinson

Cast:

Grant Gelt, Mindy Loren Isenstein, Elizabeth Perkins, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Aidan Quinn, Elijah Wood, Joan Plowright

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

85%

Reviews

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Avalon remains visually mesmerizing throughout.

The real triumph of this film thematically is that melancholy and bittersweet emotions dominate. This is not the standard heartwarming immigrant film we have experienced so often.

Avalon is a parable about the price of prosperity, the evolution from the extended family at the dining-room table to the nuclear family hunched over TV trays.

A slow but rewarding drama.

June 22, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 13+

Common Sense Says

A slow but rewarding drama

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that older teens and adults are most likely to be drawn to this slow-paced, character-driven film, which is chock full of adult themes: A child thinks he's responsible for the fire that destroys his father's business; quarreling over seemingly unimportant matters threatens to tear a family apart.