Episode 56 - The Cider House Rules

Lasse Hallström's 1999 Oscar darling "The Cider House Rules" is
crafted to seem like a heartwarming coming-of-age story about
leaving childhood behind, falling in love for the first time and
accepting adult responsibilities. However, under the schmaltzy
score and eccentric characters, it's really just an incoherent
pro-choice diatribe that ends up having nothing to say on the
issue. 


Tobey Maguire plays Homer Wells, an orphan who was taught how to
perform abortions against his will and then becomes an apple
picker. 


Michael Caine plays Dr. Wilbur Larch, a ether-addicted
obstetrician and gynecologist who forces Homer Wells to do his
bidding. 


Charlize Theron plays Candy Kendall, a mercurial daughter of a
lobsterman who has an abortion at an orphanage and then cheats on
her boyfriend as he fights in WWII with Homer. 


Paul Rudd plays Wally Worthington, the aforementioned Charlize
boyfriend who invites Homer into his life, only to have him bang
his lady while he's away at war. 


Join us as we try to determine what accent Paul Rudd was doing
here, create a disturbing new superhero, and wonder why this
abortion of a movie won Oscars.


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