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Year
2007
Runtime
1 h 56 min
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Main cast
Ellen Burstyn
Hagar
Christine Horne
Young Hagar
Cole Hauser
Young Bram
Ellen Page
Arlene
Sheila McCarthy
Doris
Kevin Zegers
John
Dylan Baker
Marvin
Peter MacNeill
Jason
Aaron Ashmore
Matt
Luke Kirby
Leo
Janet-Laine Green
Lottie
Judy Marshak
Silver Elms Matron
Doreen Brownstone
Silver Elms Bridge Player
Samantha Weinstein
Hagar - Child
Ryland Thiessen
Telford - Child
Mackenzie Munro
Young Charlotte
External critics' reviews
Variety Eddie Cockrell
Prolific helmer Kari Skogland draws a fiery performance from vet Burstyn and a beguiling one from Christine Horne as the young Hagar. Yet the book's sheer "Giant"-like scope necessitates generational cross-cutting that's both rushed and cluttered; pic would have have been better served as a more leisurely miniseries. more
New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
Writer-director Kari Skogland adapts a beloved Canadian novel gracefully and with plenty of spunk, the same way its main character moves through the world from cradle to grave. more
Village Voice Tim Grierson
Despite its cutesy comic-relief digressions and overdone solemnity, The Stone Angel finds its way past tonal inconsistencies to a moving conclusion that doesn't romanticize death. more
Los Angeles Times Gary Goldstein
Burstyn gets to use her full bag of tricks to bring this crabby, hard-knocks survivor to life. Though she's aged 15 unflattering years, forced into awful old lady clothes and her character teeters on unsympathetic, the actress manages a rich, vanity-free performance, perhaps her best since "Requiem for a Dream." more
The New York Times Stephen Holden
This multigenerational family history has enough gripping moments to hold your attention, but ultimately it leaves you frustrated by its failure to braid subplots and characters into a gripping narrative. more
New York Post Lou Lumenick
A lesson in the perils of trying to cram a hefty Canadian novel that spans decades into a movie running just under two hours. more
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