So Late So Soon

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So Late So Soon

2020,

1h 11m,

Documentary

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Half a century into their marriage, Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden approach the fragility of their elderly lives in their own distinct ways. Jackie, notorious for her unbounded energy, is constantly on the move, inspired to create works of art while also maintaining the couple's multistory, brightly-painted Victorian house. Don steadily sketches in his notebook while facing alarming interruptions to his health. Director Daniel Hymanson filmed the Seidens, on-and-off for five years, capturing the hardships of aging as well as a view into enduring companionship, in this charming character study.

Elizabeth Weitzman

TheWrap

Dec 8, 2021

As imperfect, and as idiosyncratic, as the home they created together.

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Susannah Gruder

IndieWire

Nov 19, 2021

A-

The film feels like a tribute, and an eventual goodbye -- to two extraordinarily unique people, their unconventional home, and their truly remarkable way of life.

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Keith Uhlich

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 7, 2020

Hymanson embedded himself with the Seidens, on and off, for about five years, and the intimacy and trust he attained shines through.

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

Jul 27, 2023

81/100

[Jackie and Don Seiden's] abiding mutual affection makes this documentary a moving portrait of enduring love, while their fiery intellectual verve gives it a sharp honesty that prevents it from ever lapsing into sentimentality.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Nov 19, 2021

The simplest of ideas yields a profound dignity in this quietly powerful documentary about aging, mortality, and the value of companionship.

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

Nov 18, 2021

B-

Hymanson films them in good times and bad-present and past. The result can appear slight at times, but no less poignant in the aftermath.

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Half a century into their marriage, Chicago artists Jackie and Don Seiden approach the fragility of their elderly lives in their own distinct ways. Jackie, notorious for her unbounded energy, is constantly on the move, inspired to create works of art while also maintaining the couple's multistory, brightly-painted Victorian house. Don steadily sketches in his notebook while facing alarming interruptions to his health. Director Daniel Hymanson filmed the Seidens, on-and-off for five years, capturing the hardships of aging as well as a view into enduring companionship, in this charming character study.

Director: Daniel Hymanson
Producer: Trace Henderson, Josh Penn, Kellen Quinn, Noah Stahl
Production Co: Department of Motion Pictures, Hedgehog Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 11m

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