It seems as if someone in hair and makeup tried their best to make the star looked as washed out as possible, evoking her emotional state through incrementally worse hair. Basinger does an admirable job, although her performance, at times, veers toward petulant. Coconuts, Lynn is bouncing a ball off of the side of the. Still, it is Lifetime, and the symbolism is a tad overwrought. Ronnie Anne Santiago: Its fine, just giving you comfortable in case you have trouble of sleeping. More importantly here, Jessie’s ensuing self-awakening comes less from her affair and more from the bonds forged between the women who share her life experiences.
Jessie’s story is a solid exploration of the sense of loss and self that seems to accompany middle age, especially after children leave home. Once there, she rediscovers her passion for art, learns the truth about her past and finds love with a Benedictine monk. When her mother inexplicably starts cutting off her own fingers, Jessie returns to her childhood home to discover the cause of her mother’s distressing behavior and the source of her own indifference. Jessie (Basinger) is a woman who seemingly has it all - a beautiful house, a husband who cooks breakfast and all the time in the world to wax poetic in her in art studio. But Schachter’s dreamy style along with Rolf Lovland’s emotionally wrought score overcome most discrepancies. Basinger’s ensuing ennui feels more detached than tormented. Here the steamy wilds of fictional Egret Island, S.C., look cold and forebidding. If you liked The Mermaid Chair, what should you read next loss and betrayal coming of age novel divine female power death and racial tension Liked The Secret. In her review for Variety Laura Fries called the film "slickly produced" and said it had "haunting cinematography by Mike Southon, an impressive supporting cast".As with any book-turned-movie, the director’s interpretation can be hotly debated. Set on a South Carolina barrier island, the movie tells the story of 42-year-old Jessie Sullivan, a married woman who falls in love with a Benedictine monk, and explores themes of mid life marriage crisis and her self-awakening. It was filmed in Cowichan Bay, Telegraph Cove, and Brentwood Bay in British Columbia, Canada, and premiered on Lifetime on September 9, 2006.
It is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Sue Monk Kidd, and stars Kim Basinger, Alex Carter, and Bruce Greenwood. The Mermaid Chair is a 2006 Canadian television romantic drama film directed by Steven Schachter and written by Suzette Couture.
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