Avalon

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Avalon

PG,

1990,

2h 6m,

Drama

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86%

28 Reviews

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78%

2,500+ Ratings

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28 Reviews

78%

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2,500+ Ratings

This drama, largely based on the family history of director Barry Levinson, follows the immigrant Krichinsky clan as they settle in Baltimore during the early 20th century. While Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) establishes roots in the city and finds a wife (Joan Plowright), his ambitious son, Jules (Aidan Quinn), who changes his last name to Kaye, tries to live the American Dream by opening an appliance store, revealing cultural and generational gaps.

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Gene Siskel

Chicago Tribune

Jun 18, 2020

4/4

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.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Nov 17, 2022

A marvelous semiautobiographical film. [Full review in Spanish]

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

May 11, 2021

4/4

...benefits substantially from its irresistibly authentic execution and raft of vivid, engaging protagonists.

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Sep 2, 2020

3.5/4.0

Avalon remains visually mesmerizing throughout.

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Brian D. Johnson

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 14, 2019

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.

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Jan 27, 2019

The best movie score ever composed!

Ron W

Jun 7, 2017

The third instalment of Barry Levinson's "Baltimore Trilogy" is an intimate and heartwarming biography of his immigrant Jewish family and its extended families fulfilling a dream called America, with a very cuddly Elijah Wood playing the director himself.

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Barry Levinson

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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Sam Krichinsky

Aidan Quinn

Jules Kaye

Elizabeth Perkins

Ann Kaye

Leo Fuchs

Hymie Krichinsky

Eve Gordon

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Synopsis

This drama, largely based on the family history of director Barry Levinson, follows the immigrant Krichinsky clan as they settle in Baltimore during the early 20th century. While Sam Krichinsky (Armin Mueller-Stahl) establishes roots in the city and finds a wife (Joan Plowright), his ambitious son, Jules (Aidan Quinn), who changes his last name to Kaye, tries to live the American Dream by opening an appliance store, revealing cultural and generational gaps.

Director: Barry Levinson
Producer: Mark Johnson, Barry Levinson
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Baltimore Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 1990, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9M
Runtime: 2h 6m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SR

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