'the cider house rules'

another american ‘coming of age’ films with that all american boy who i don’t think will ever come of age- tobey maguire.. gawkish, wide eyed and dying to be taken care of.. in ‘the cider house rules’ he plays an orphan who grows up in the care of michael caine- a doctor who teaches him the trade- i.e. how to deliver a child and how to perform abortions..

longing for the big city he leaves to see the world only to return later, after many heartbreaks, abortions, incest and many deaths .. i admit i cried- i cry at every silly thing i must say.. it pulled all the right strings to appeal to the adolescent in me.. reminded me somewhat of that other ‘coming of age’ classic tearjerker ‘dead poets society’ except it was perhaps not that manipulative..