The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules is a 1999 film directed by Lasse Hallstrom. In the film, Homer is an orphan in remote St. Cloud, Maine. Never adopted, he becomes the favorite of orphanage director Dr. Larch, who imparts his full medical knowledge on Homer. Homer becomes a skilled and unlicensed physician, but he wants a self-chosen life outside the orphanage. When Wally and pregnant Candy visit the orphanage, Homer leaves with them to work on Wally's family apple farm. Wally goes off to war, leaving Homer and Candy alone together. Homer will learn about life and love at the cider house while Dr. Larch has something else planned for him. The film was sad, but i enjoyed watching it.

The film had a lot of great actors/actresses who played their parts well such as: Tobey Maguire as Homer, Charlize Theron as Candy, Paul Rudd as Wally, Michael Craine as Dr. Larch, Delroy Lindo as Arthur Rose, and Erykah Badu as Rose to name a few. The actors make or break the film. The director chose his actors and actresses well because they all acted good together in the film. The storyline to The Cider House Rules is about realizing how far we must travel to find the place where we belong. After watching the whole film I always think of things that should have been different in the film. The ending of the film was a little to sad for me, so it made me not like it too much. Homer should have went back to the orphanage at least once to visit the kids and Dr. Larch, especially after knowing Dr. Larch wasn't doing too good.

Even though I hate when movies end on a sad note, The Cider House Rules had a purpose for it. Homer wanted to learn things on his own and make his own decision without anyone trying to tell him what he is going to do for the rest of his life. He needed to get out and experience life on his own and learn from his mistakes. He eventually found where he truly needed to be.

The Cider House Rules is trying to tell us that everyone needs to make their own decisions, find things out for ourselves, and learn from our mistakes. The impact the film will have on society is by making people realize we should never forget where we came from and who we really are. In the film, Homer hated that everyone said he was a doctor and wanted to experience the world on his own without someone making his decisions for him. That is why he left with Wally and Candy and put everyone at the orphanage out of his mind. After realizing he was getting in way over his head; he knew where he truly needed to be, and that was at a place where the people were always there for him and needed his help