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bronkmb's review
did not plan on crying in the lobby of the oral surgeon's office as this wrapped up. didn't realize so much emotion could be packed into 93 pages (or my lumpy-throat & eyes)
venkyloquist's review against another edition
3.0
In this deeply unsettling and original screenplay by one of the most renowned authors of our time, raw and contradictory human emotions tug and pull to create a confounding situation of pain, greed, deceit and death.
Robert McEvoy, a restless, energetic and impulsive youth leaves home after an unfortunate accident that leaves him crippled. William Gregg an egregious, arrogant and well-to-do young man is the owner of a mill in which Robert's father is employed. When Robert's mother takes terminally ill, he is sounded out to return home. Return he does, but not to a peaceful and serene home, but to an environment blackened by slander and sleight.
Robert's pent up rage manifests in the most inhuman of ways thereby putting paid to many an aspirations nurtured by both the Gregg and McEvoy families.
"The Gardener's Son" - a bloom of perdition!
Robert McEvoy, a restless, energetic and impulsive youth leaves home after an unfortunate accident that leaves him crippled. William Gregg an egregious, arrogant and well-to-do young man is the owner of a mill in which Robert's father is employed. When Robert's mother takes terminally ill, he is sounded out to return home. Return he does, but not to a peaceful and serene home, but to an environment blackened by slander and sleight.
Robert's pent up rage manifests in the most inhuman of ways thereby putting paid to many an aspirations nurtured by both the Gregg and McEvoy families.
"The Gardener's Son" - a bloom of perdition!
patrick_114's review
3.0
The first screen play I have ever read. Interesting format.
I believe I will need to see this on film. Lots of themes common to McCarthy's writing such as the animosity between social classes, unexplainable violence and a heavy, harsh spirituality.
I believe I will need to see this on film. Lots of themes common to McCarthy's writing such as the animosity between social classes, unexplainable violence and a heavy, harsh spirituality.
ferretonfire's review
3.0
Set in a lonely town in the American South after the US Civil War, this is a strangely sad story. It purposefully keeps a lot of detail and backstory from the audience, trusting you to put the pieces together. It's a good portrait of how frustration can turn into malice, but the sparse details mean it is difficult to become truly invested.
darwin8u's review
4.0
Life. Death. Fathers. Sons. Inheritance. Murder. Sin. Death. Innocence. Memory. Community. Loneliness. Money. Poverty. God. Garden. Madness. Cormac McCarthy.
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