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Sommersby
Directed by
Jon Amiel
PG-13
1993
1h 53m
Drama
,
Mystery
,
and more
6.3
63%
60%
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A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor.
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Cast of Sommersby
Jodie Foster
Laurel Sommersby
Richard Gere
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Bill Pullman
Orin Meecham
James Earl Jones
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lanny Flaherty
Buck
William Windom
Reverend Powell
Wendell Wellman
Travis
Brett Kelley
Little Rob
Clarice Taylor
Esther
Frankie Faison
Joseph
R. Lee Ermey
Dick Mead
Richard Hamilton
Doc Evans
Karen Kirschenbauer
Mrs. Evans
Carter McNeese
Storekeeper Wilson
Dean Whitworth
Tom Clemmons
Stephanie Weaver
Mrs. Bundy
Muse Watson
Drifter #1
Paul Austin
KKK #1 / Folsom
Frank Hoyt Taylor
KKK #2
Doug Sloan
Marshall #2
Ray McKinnon
Lawyer Webb
Maury Chaykin
Lawyer Dawson
Richard Lineback
Timothy Fry
Jon Amiel
Director
Sarah Kernochan
Writer
Nicholas Meyer
Writer
Anthony Shaffer
Writer
Arnon Milchan
Producer
Steven Reuther
Producer
Sommersby Ratings & Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
What sounded like an embarrassing blunder -- the romantic pairing of Richard Gere and Jodie Foster -- turns out to be surprisingly entertaining and persuasive.
Hartford Courant
Malcolm Johnson
Sommersby has everything to succeed. There's just one minor problem in this Americanized remake of The Return of Martin Guerre: Who can believe Richard Gere and Jodie Foster as a Tennessee Ashley and Scarlett?
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Lacks whatever magical ingredient there is that makes a film a moving experience and instead settles for being an adequate but not a remarkable achievement.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A winning and soul-stirring exploration of the spiritual meaning of one man's sacrificial death.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
Though there is a near vaccuum at the center of the film, Sommersby is never boring, largely because of Ms. Foster's beautifully self-possessed presence.
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
The story idea is an interesting one, but it doesn't quite pan out in the end. There are too many unanswered questions and unresolved conflicts.
Moviehole
Caffeinated Clint
A powerful piece of filmmaking. Gere and Foster are as immaculate as always.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A square peg pounded into a round hole -- or, more exactly, a medieval European story that has been unsuccessfully updated to the period of the American Civil War.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Sommersby is not a terrible movie, there are just many things about it that aren't quite right.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
It's really an old-fashioned hankie-soaker with Gere and Foster ably jerking tears. An odd yet convincing couple, they won't replace Rhett and Scarlet, and frankly, my dears, who can? But belles wring and bosoms heave in a manner most pleasing.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
If you're looking for a picturesque romance -- with a little intrigue on the side -- you could do worse than Sommersby.
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