Deeply

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Summary: A Great Love Story
Review: I have watched this movie a MILLION times already! I love this film! It is the first for Director Sheri Elwood of Bellwood Stories, and she and her partner have done a great JOB! The story itself is so sweet, yet tragic... Kirsten Dunst does a great job palying the lead role of a young woman who falls in love for the first time. And once there love is threatend, the two find a way to be together anyways. This story is dramatic, ghostly and above all, LOVELY! A must see for Kirsten Dunst fans. The movie is worth watching it just for the BEAUTIFUL SCORE by Micki Mueser. Which I hear (and I hope it's true) is soon to be released to the public! Oh how I can't wait! The movie flips from present time to the past, and is about the loss of loved ones, and how a SIMPLE story can releive the hurt. Trent Ford is a newcomer to films, and he is FANTASTIC! Soon to be in "Gosford Park," and "Slap Her, She's French." He shows extreme emotion, and plays a heartfelt character. WATCH THIS - YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY!

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Summary: Deeply
Review: I loved this movie!!At first i didnt want to see it because of kirstin dunst but when i finished the movie i loved it. It is a beautiful story of a teens first love and of what happens when they try to be together.But its not just a love story which is nice.I highly advise anyone to watch this movie

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Summary: Excellent, soul searching film.
Review: I rented it but I plan to buy it. It was a very pleasant surprise. Kirsten does a great job and the story is very touching.

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Summary: A surprising find
Review: I stumbled across Deeply in the bargain bin of a local store. It looked intriguing, so I picked it up. I was pleasantly surprised that not only did it hold my attention, but told a wonderfully expressed story of a girl whom the locals on the island she calls home fear. The story has some interesting twists and a couple of heart wrenching scenes. Don't walk away from this one it's worth watching.

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Summary: Deeply moving
Review: I thought that this movie was beautiful. Although some parts of the movie did not make sense. At the end I was left wondering what happened to Silly after James died. I'm only assuming that Silly is the reclusive Celia. It would have been beneficial for the film to be able to tie off loose ends such as these.

I thought the soundtrack to the movie was absolutely beautiful and I would really love to get my hands on a copy of it.

This movie really touched me as I have lost many people dear to me, I could really relate.

I would really recommend it to people to see.

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Summary: Deeply
Review: I thought that this was a good movie. I just saw it and I don't think it was like the Titanic. It had a very different story line. Yes there was an old lady but the things that the last reviewer pointed out were done in a totally different style. And what movies now are original? Anyway it's good. And Kirsten Dunst does a great job. And So did Trent Ford who played James her love interest. And Lynn Redgrave from the PBS Mystery Theater is the perfect person for the part.

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Summary: Sweet
Review: I thought this movie was really sad at the end. It moved me because I have lost dear people also. One of the best parts of this movie was the SCORE! Anyone know where the soundtrack is?? I really gotta buy it! Please let me know if there is one! And see this, especially if you're moved by sad scenes.

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Summary: Cross between Titanic and The Shipping News
Review: If you are looking for an action adventure or a romantic comedy, this isn't the right movie for you. However, if you have ever loved and lost, or if you can empathize with a well-told tale of star-crossed lovers set on a mystical, haunted island experiencing the woes of the modern Newfoundland-Nova Scotia fishery-- you've gotta have this one on DVD. While not anywhere near on the same technical level as Titanic, The Shipping News or The Perfect Storm, Deeply's more innocent, yet darkly foreboding story harkens back to the lost art of storytelling, and in my opinion, exceeds its lookalike big-budget Hollywood blockbusters in eliciting catharsis.

Some reviewers claim they cannot suspend belief long enough to buy into the mystery and superstitions surrounding the disappearance of the fish attributed to a Viking curse. However, they need not suspend belief as I can assure you the once abundant fish really have all but disappeared from Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. The tales of Viking curses have always been floating around, but they began increasing in popularity since the millennial anniversary of Leif Eiriksson's landfall near L'Anse Aux Meadows held in the summer of 2000.

Those who claim the story and its presentation as a Shakespearian "play within a play" is unoriginal are not entirely wrong, but they simply fail to appreciate that all good faerie-tales are unoriginal-- the point is not the freshness of the tale but of its telling. The result of focusing on a masterful telling of a familiar story ensures that this movie will be worth watching over and over again. Perhaps there are fewer surprises than in Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, yet many people never get tired of watching such classics. Anyone deep enough to appreciate Grimm's faerie tales and Shakespeare's plays (more than once) won't mind that they are instantly familiar with Deeply's storyline and its strong parallels to similar stories like James Cameron's Titanic.

The critics who complain about Kirsten Dunst's failed attempt to stretch beyond her talent make a legitimate point. The director should have noticed that Dunst was failing to meld with the culture enough to adequately adopt her character's accent and mannerisms. There was an obvious out-- Silly's mother was the only educated mainlander in town, so it would have been believable to allow Dunst to use her natural accent instead of butchering the maritime lilt into a goofy mix of Ozark hillbilly and Texas drawl. The writer-director must have decided that Silly's backwater accent, incongruous or not, provided a crucial cultural contrast to the refined British accent of other characters. Yet, in spite of the distractions, Dunst captures Silly's spirit in a way few other young actresses can, and delivers a far more powerful performance than did Kate Winslett and Julianne Moore in their counterpart roles.

All the other actors delivered splendid performances, naturally outshined by Lynn Redgrave as Celia, who had little screen time, but nonetheless nailed the local accent and mannerisms in unfortunately stark contrast to Dunst's Silly. However, I believe that anyone who emotionally tunes into the movie early on will not only ignore its faults, but want to see it again and again on DVD.

The modern celtic soundtrack too rarely employs folk music for atmosphere-- the lone Irish dance is beautiful, but it seems the movie missed a rare opportunity to employ well-performed Canadian folk songs like "I'se the B'y", "Feller from Fortune", "As I Roved Out", "Dark-Eyed Sailor", "The Crosshanded Way", "She's Like the Swallow" or any of a whole host of local ballads, jigs and reels that would have perfectly complemented the movie's timeless historical sub-plot. The soundtrack isn't bad, but like the movie's plot, it is a blend of Titanic and The Shipping News, and as such doesn't stand out like it could have.

I rent three or four DVDs a week, but have only seen fit to purchase The Princess Bride, The Fellowship of the Ring, The Shipping News and several Shakespearean plays. Deeply was an unexpected find, but it is definitely next in line on my DVD wish list. Anyone else who appreciates the lost art of storytelling will probably love this movie, especially if they think the plots of the Titanic, The Shipping News and The Perfect Storm were a little too extreme.

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Summary: "Deeply"- a achingly heartfelt story.
Review: Not your typical teenage love story. Kirsten Dunst and Trent Ford are wonderfully casted as the two star-crossed lovers. The movie is about a girl, Claire, who becomes involved in a horrible car accident. Her pain is still great when she stays with her mother until she meets Celia, an author, who teaches her that "every good story has the power to heal".

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Summary: I love the movie!
Review: simply one of the best fairytale- reality mixtures I have seen. Celia, the storryteller manages to get your attention within the first couple of minutes. Wonderful.