Sorry, this movie sucks

hyped garbage

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

What "Avalon" portrays seems like the sort of stories that we have often heard of immigrant families: the first generation comes to America and thinks that it's the greatest place, the second generation distances itself from its ancestry by changing the family name, and the third generation feels torn between these, and the question of what the fourth generation will do. Certainly the movie does a really good job showing not only that, but also the changing America of the post-war era (TV and the move to the suburbs). As for the schism, I guess that such things often happen in families. As a fourth-generation American born long after what the movie portrays, maybe I can't relate to it 100%, but it's still a movie that I recommend to everyone. Once again, Barry Levinson does a great job showing his native Baltimore.Starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak, Elijah Wood and Lou Jacobi.

A moving account, of the adversities that are the catalysis of breaking up a family. Also the growth of love, and prosperity in a new country.This movie has a profound, meaning of loyalty, and the under lying tones of what disrespect really is.The cast, was well chosen, and it is believed that each, researched their characters in depth.Not many movies would I pay to see, this one is most definitely on the pay for view list.

The family members in this film could have been my own. This gentle look at the struggles and successes of an immigrant family could not have been more realistic or more beautifully filmed. Mr. Levinson deserves praise for his humor, pathos and eye for detail.The family members who bicker with each other about the little things, still share love and tradition. When success and the modern world move them apart from one another, some traditions get trampled, but the bonds of family remain.The scene at the end when the grandson brings his son to visit the grandfather, was perfect in its bittersweet closure to the saga. The Americanization of the family is complete with this 4th generation child who asks why the grandfather talks funny. The young boy is told by his father that the (great-)grandfather came from a different place to this country and found it to be beautiful.I highly recommend it; especially to those who do not remember THEIR immigrant ancestors.Thank you, Mr. Levinson.

I felt as though I was a kid again, stuck at some family gathering with a bunch of old great aunts and uncles that babble on for 126 minutes with no let-up, about absolutely nothing. Why couldn't this movie be shortened? Only "Diner" was worse than this. Barry Levinson can really get the least from his actors with bad direction and a really bad script.Don't be fooled by the critics or the others that heap praise on this movie. There's only one heap that this one belongs on.Hey, the photography was good, but so what?