Guinevere

Writer Audrey Wells (The Truth About Cats and Dogs) makes her directing debut in Guinevere, which won the screenwriting award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, where it made its world premiere. The film concerns Harper Sloane, a twenty-something upper class pre-law student who falls for Connie, a ...more

Ace screenwriter Audrey Wells makes a minor impression with her well-written but unimaginative debut film on May-December romances, but thankfully has the brains to cast to cast the remarkable Sarah Polley in the lead role. Polley's intuitive, fascinating performance alone makes the film worth seeing, if only to show how one can create a fully-rounded, sympathetic character with a minimum of tricks and tics. The film coasts quite far on her considerable charm and intriguing presence, but is ...more