That Evening Sun (2009) NYT Critics' Pick

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Hal Holbrook as an 80-year-old farmer fighting for his property in “That Evening Sun.”
Reclaiming a Home at the Sunset of Life
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: November 6, 2009

In “That Evening Sun,” the story of a feisty Tennessee farmer who flees a nursing home to return to his rural homestead, where he discovers that another family has taken up residence, Hal Holbrook strips the stereotype of the grumpy old man of sentimental shtick and cutesy old-codger mannerisms. More