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The Cider House Rules [Blu-ray]

Michael Caine (Actor), Tobey Maguire (Actor) Rated:
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4.7 out of 5 stars 2,917 ratings
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Runtime 2 hours and 6 minutes
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Set in Maine in the 1940's, a young boy who grows up in an ideal orphange opts to experience life in the dangerous world outside of the safe confines of the orphanage.

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  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 1.6 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 21165119
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray, AC-3, Multiple Formats, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled, NTSC, Widescreen, Dolby
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 6 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ October 4, 2011
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Michael Caine, Tobey Maguire
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish, English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Lionsgate
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005DCJ1J6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
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Customers find this movie to be a classic with powerful performances by the entire cast, and one customer describes it as an endearing story about transformation. They appreciate its emotional depth and thought-provoking nature, with one review noting how it explores complex social issues. The pacing receives positive feedback, with one customer highlighting the perfect camera work. The storytelling receives mixed reactions, with some finding it compelling while others say it's not very deep. The abortion content also draws mixed opinions.

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544 customers mention "Story quality"544 positive0 negative

Customers praise the movie's plot and story quality, with one customer highlighting its transformational theme and another noting its coming-of-age narrative.

"Love this film. It’s a story that you can watch over & over again. It’s one of my favorite films!" Read more

"...There are beautiful young women that now he can try and build a relationship . There are co workers , bosses, new people he knows he will meet...." Read more

"...it to say that this film is brilliant on so many levels—emotional, dramatic, moral, philosophical and practical—without ever getting preachy or..." Read more

"Good movie" Read more

170 customers mention "Acting quality"164 positive6 negative

Customers praise the powerful performances by the entire cast in this movie, with Michael Caine delivering an excellent performance.

"...The script and acting are superb. And the sound management, unlike that of most modern movies, leaves dialogue in the foreground...." Read more

"...as Stanley Kubrick: telling a fine story, while getting the best of every performer..." Read more

"...The movie was much better! The characters were believable and the settings were reflective of the times...." Read more

"...The score and scenery are beautiful and the acting is compelling...." Read more

137 customers mention "Heartwarming story"102 positive35 negative

Customers find the movie heartwarming and moving, with one customer noting it touches on sensitive subjects.

"...you are watching great actors tell a wonderful ,touching story ...." Read more

"...It's a story about love, innocence, protection, curiosity, emotional "collateral damage," and knowing where and with whom you belong...." Read more

"...It had Great relationships and realistic caring during the great depression, suggesting how Homer was the Prince of Maine...." Read more

"...n't interesting, because it definitely was interesting, just not necessarily enjoyable...." Read more

57 customers mention "Enjoyment"48 positive9 negative

Customers find the movie very enjoyable to watch, describing it as captivating and interesting, with one customer noting that the story transfers well to the screen.

"...The title "The Cider House Rules" is inane, although it is catchy...." Read more

"...I won't say that it wasn't interesting, because it definitely was interesting, just not necessarily enjoyable...." Read more

"Product delivered new and excellent condition. The movie is engaging with a good story and great characters...." Read more

"...Caine and the rest of the crew is flawless, and this makes for a very entertaining and thought provoking film...." Read more

57 customers mention "Life lessons"46 positive11 negative

Customers appreciate the movie's life lessons, finding it inspirational and meaningful, with one customer noting how it explores complex social issues from multiple perspectives.

"...say that this film is brilliant on so many levels—emotional, dramatic, moral, philosophical and practical—without ever getting preachy or didactic...." Read more

"The film featured human development and relationships, in a then realistic orphanage setting with caring professionals...." Read more

"...For me personally, this film provides a necessary healing and better understanding of what it is truly like to lose your parents when you are very..." Read more

"...All the characters in the movie are believable and people that the viewer can sympathize with...." Read more

46 customers mention "Pacing"35 positive11 negative

Customers appreciate the pacing of the movie, noting its great performances and feel-good nature, with one customer highlighting the perfect camera work.

"...Without going into the production side of this film (which is technically superior ,especially the editing and screen writing)..." Read more

"...(camera work is perfect)...." Read more

"...The disc plays well with ideal picture & sound...." Read more

"...Consequently, 𝑻𝑪H𝑹’s momentum is suspiciously smooth as there’s quite simply no sense of a real dilemma when Homer’s beliefs and abilities are taken..." Read more

60 customers mention "Storytelling"39 positive21 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the storytelling of the movie, with some finding it compelling and having substance, while others note that the plot is not very deep and the story drags.

"...It's a story about love, innocence, protection, curiosity, emotional "collateral damage," and knowing where and with whom you belong...." Read more

"...It presents a very twisted perspective in a very compelling, artistic fashion that will no doubt draw many into its deceptive and false ethic...." Read more

"...In this story, the incest subplot was gross and unnecessary." Read more

"...to the script; I enjoy seeing the debate carried out in a delightful setting, and anyone who approaches it will find food for thought...." Read more

28 customers mention "Abortion content"10 positive18 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the abortion content in the movie, with some appreciating its coverage of the topic while others find it controversial.

"...This movie isn't about abortion. I can understand a pro-life advocate seeing it as a movie with a pro-choice message - because it has one...." Read more

"...love and its many shapes and forms, about abuse, and about the various facets of abortion. I have been a Bible student and teacher for over 40 years...." Read more

"...A very irresponsible perspective on life is glorified, and that is very disappointing...." Read more

"...I think everyone will enjoy this movie but it does talk about abortion so either way you feel about the subject just wanted to warn you before you..." Read more

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  • Short Shot
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great film
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025
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    Love this film. It’s a story that you can watch over & over again. It’s one of my favorite films!
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  • Jf
    5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS TRULY A GREAT FILM
    Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2015
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    There are films just like books that I go back and watch (read) over and over again. This is one of them. Without going into the production side of this film (which is technically superior ,especially the editing and screen writing) you are watching great actors tell a wonderful ,touching story . At the center of the story is Homer an orphan and a young man past the age of adoption. Unlike most orphans living in an orphanage Homer does have a place ,a purpose there .He is loved and needed by all that live there. However, this world is too narrow for him and he decides to experience the "outside" world. After all he is a young man and past the age of adoption. The second world war is brewing but he is not physically eligible (bad heart).He leaves this world of its daily repetiveness.Homer leaves and now he hopes to experience the entire gambit of emotions from the people he will meet and touch. Romantic love, joy, heartache, and friendship,to name a few await him.He is not prepared for some of the powerful negative emotions that will come with each one of these new experiences. Homer is needed in this outside world as much as he was needed at the orphanage. The difference being not much is predictable in this new setting. At first this is very attractive to him . His eyes are wide open.He wants to take in everything. But he is not prepared to handle all these new wonders with the disappointments that goes with each new experience.At the orphanage which is managed by his father figure (played brillantly by Michael Caine )cannot understand why Homer wants to put himself through all the pain this outside world will throw at him. There are now decisions Homer will have to make to survive in this new world . This world has people of color which the orphanage did not.There are beautiful young women that now he can try and build a relationship . There are co workers , bosses, new people he knows he will meet.He expects the joy and the pleasure of new relationships but does not realize that there can also be real pain in these new relationships. At the orphanage he was a practicing doctor and now on the outside he is an apple picker .He seems happy at first but life plays dirty tricks with which Homer is forced to deal.There are painful decisions to be made.This is all very confusing for him.The question becomes where was he the most happy and where was he needed the most.Which world offers him true happiness and a sense of belonging.
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  • Timothy K Jones
    5.0 out of 5 stars This Movie Should Resonate With Any Adult
    Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2015
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    This movie isn't about abortion. I can understand a pro-life advocate seeing it as a movie with a pro-choice message - because it has one. Undeniably, the pro-life protagonist is in a sense "converted" when faced with the apex pro-choice situation so often put forward. The toll that the decisions take on each character is almost palpable and the task that many consider morally appalling is not approached with casual insensitivity. Generally, the question is "is this life or not?" In this story, the deeper question was "is just any life worth living?" Certainly, the abortion sub-plot was designed to be the prime example, but it was not the most resonating element.

    The stronger message that should touch any adult is the tragic but beautiful decisions we all make in life. Most of us have a deep desire to taste the world; we have a desire to explore and live the life we dream of. There is a prevalent message in society that it is worth abandoning all else in order to achieve those dreams. The beauty of this film is the recognition that that isn't what most of choose because we are compelled to do otherwise. There is nothing inherently wrong with chasing dreams and feeding the hunger of wanderlust. But when your calling is to tend to the orphans in Maine, then all the searching outside of those walls wont fulfill the deeper hunger.

    The obvious symbolism of the incineration of the arbitrary rules placed over the lowest caste may reach too far if it applies to abortion (then illegal) alone. What I found more compelling was the message, intended or not, that humans can argue over what policies and rules are right, but the people who really sacrifice in order to fulfill their noble callings that truly live. Life on the orchard offered a more classicly rich experience with wealth and a beautiful woman - but inside it was impotent. It was life at the orphanage, interacting with the abandoned and apparent broken that offered the protagonist real life.
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  • Cyberlaw Prof
    5.0 out of 5 stars An allegory for our age (or any)
    Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2015
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    This is one of the best films I've seen in the last five years. It's a story about love, innocence, protection, curiosity, emotional "collateral damage," and knowing where and with whom you belong.

    It's in the general category of "innocent abroad" films like "Being There" and "Forrest Gump." But it's by far the best of the lot, if only because the characters all seem so real. Most of all, it's a story about how human beings cope with the hands they've been dealt, sometimes with great courage but often with selfishness and duplicity.

    The title ("The Cider House Rules") is a masterful allegory for the rules of law and religion that we (or most of us) think ought to govern our lives. In the course of the film, the characters violate many of them. But everything makes sense in context, leaving the viewer with nagging doubt about any moral absolutism.

    I don't want to spoil the film for anyone, so I won't say much more. Suffice it to say that this film is brilliant on so many levels—emotional, dramatic, moral, philosophical and practical—without ever getting preachy or didactic. The script and acting are superb. And the sound management, unlike that of most modern movies, leaves dialogue in the foreground. The actors enunciate and project, as actors should but most today don't.

    This one's a keeper, well deserving of its two Academy awards and several nominations.
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  • Bren
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good
    Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2025
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  • Frederick Hayward
    5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Caine at his best
    Reviewed in Australia on July 15, 2024
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    Enthralling adaptation of Graham Greene's novel.
    Political, romantic, intriguing interwining plots during 1950's Vietnam, & a great performance by Tzi Ma showing life for women in an era of endemic corruption & manipulation in a foreign governments attempt to alter history.
    Phillip Noyce directed.
    Region 1, wide-screen format.
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  • Amazon Guy.
    5.0 out of 5 stars I Bought It An I’m Proud Of It,
    Reviewed in Canada on September 8, 2016
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    I don’t care who thinks this is not as good as the book, didn’t read the book. because why would I want to
    read it then see the same dam thing in the movie, people are utterly silly to the point of stop. Okay stop watching
    movies that pertain to a book, good god man, you think if, Big if they were to make a movie about the Bible they
    would ever finish it in time to get reaction of not being right, I wonder. but this movie is so sweet an loveable
    if for the hell of me you can’t enjoy this without bringing your baggage into play, just like the rest, hope is lost.
    I sure as hell don’t hear the Author complaining, forget that I love all these actors because that’s not the point,
    the movie is a classic, when you’re young an smitten in love you sure don’t see further than you nose,
    I Bought It An I’m Proud Of It,
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  • Lisa Giraud Taylor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Un enchantement...
    Reviewed in France on April 5, 2010
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    Très belle adaptation du livre de John Irvin... l'histoire, les personnages (quoique moins détaillés que dans le livre, mais n'est-ce pas là la différence entre la littérature et le cinéma ?), les situations familiales, les décors et couleurs du Maine (les arbres chatoyants de lumière sont un pur bonheur pour les yeux), tout est réuni pour faire de ce film un merveilleux moment.
    Les acteurs sont au diapason, du petit "fuzzy" au grand Dr Larch (Ah, Michael Caine !)...
    Ce genre de film fait grandir, dans tous les sens du terme... Je me souviens qu'à la sortie du cinéma, à l'époque, j'avais parlé de ce film pendant des semaines pour convaincre mes amis de le voir.... Je fais rarement la promotion d'un film... mais Cider House Rules fait partie des exceptions et des joyaux qu'offre le cinéma...

    Et la possibilité de voir ce film en version originale est un plus. Les mots de Irvin résonnent très longtemps dans la tête.
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  • Antonio M. Rodriguez Garcia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Si eres fan de Caine o Tobey Maguire, película imprescindible
    Reviewed in Spain on December 30, 2012
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    *** Esta valoración corresponde con la versión del 2011 en Bluy-Ray***

    Basada en el libro de John Irving (del mismo nombre) y realizada en 1999. Es una película muy emotiva y que ademas ha sido actualizada al formato Blu-ray bastante bien. No es una transferencia perfecta (foco suave, aquí y allá, un poco de grano y el bloqueo también) - pero cuando es bueno (que es una gran parte del tiempo) - es una película que posee imágenes muy hermosas.

    Las mejoras en cuanto a la calidad de imagen se notan sobre todo cuando la historia llega a la casa y las tierras donde posee Oliva Worthington y su hijo Wally (Kate Nelligan y Paul Rudd) el campo de recolección de manzanas, donde se desarrolla parte de la historia. También se nota cuando Homer Wells (personaje de Tobey Maguire) se pasea con el personaje de Candy, la novia de Wally (Charlize Theron), mientras que Wally se encuentra en la guerra - las escenas con el mar y el puerto de pesca de langostas son lugares muy vivos a la vista y que han conseguido mantener su encanto en la versión de Blu-Ray.

    Una gran parte del corazón de la película tiene que ver con las interpretaciones conmovedoras de los niños del orfanato - Erik Per Sullivan como el chico con la enfermedad bronquial, Kieran Culkin como Buster un chico con problemas y Paz de la Huerta como la joven adolescente que pretende a Homer. También Kathy Baker y Jane Alexander como enfermeras con unas actuaciones con abundantes dosis de amor paternal incondicional.

    Sin embargo la película pertenece a sus dos protagonistas principales - Michael Caine como el Dr. Wilbur Larch y Tobey Maguire como el niño emocionalmente huérfano - Homer Wells. Lo primero es que Caine está simplemente sensacional. Moviéndose movido por una fuerza y una bondad benevolente en medio de las cámaras frigoríficas de madera de St. Clouds - él es un médico pragmático que ayuda a las mujeres embarazadas que lo visitan, pero que no necesitan más juicios morales, realizando abortos aun siendo ésta una operación ilegal. Se describe a sí mismo como "... un padre cuidador para muchos, y de ninguno ..." - Cada niño por supuesto anhela ser realmente querido e irse con los padres adoptivos que de vez en cuando van a visitar. Caine maneja muchos de estos momentos difíciles con una gran humanidad - es un actor capaz de transmitir extraordinaria compasión e ira - a veces una después de la otra. La película fue nominada a siete Premios de la Academia y ganó dos - uno para Caine como Mejor Actor de Reparto y el otro al Mejor Guión Adaptado por John Irving.

    Tobey Maguire también destaca - su actuación está llena de tranquilidad al principio - pero luego se mueve por un anhelo de una vida más variada fuera de los requisitos de su mentor. El viaje de Homer a su propio "fin del mundo" es largo, pero convincente. Maguire es muy, muy bueno. Así como Charlize Theron - no sólo una mujer hermosa -sino una actriz inmensamente consumada.

    El "Making Of" entrevista a todos los actores principales, así como en la adaptación de John Irving su propio libro.

    La relación de imagen es por defecto es 1.2:35 por lo que tiene la parte superior e inferior de las barras de la pantalla - pero aún extendía a toda la pantalla se ve muy bien.

    "Las normas de la casa de la sidra" es una película que he disfrutado muchísimo volviendo a ver. Pero lo más importante, si te gustan las historias de amor y las crueldades de la vida combinadas, entonces necesita ver esta película (o comprarla en Blu-ray).

    Altamente recomendada.
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  • M.W. Thrasher
    5.0 out of 5 stars A film about life
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2007
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    Few films can be so unassuming but say so much. If you are an orphan, then you know what this film is talking about. If you are a field worker from a ethnic minority, you know what it's talking about. If you are a father who worries about his son and does not want to let him venture into the real world, if you are a woman who has had an abortion, if you are in love with someone you shouldn't be in love with, if you live by someone else's rules, if you are torn between places and people, if you need to fly far away and go against everything you have been taught and everyone you love so that you can grow up before you decide what place to call home... then you know what The Cider House Rules are all about. Sit back and enjoy an inspiring and daring look into a boy's daring choice to challenge everything he knows in order to grow up.
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