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("Origin
of the Species" was given three out of three stars by the reviewer.)
"Picture the cast of 'Friends' before its members became household
names. Place this unknown but talented cast in a lakeside summer
home in upstate New York, and you have the genesis for Robert
Weston Ackerman's fact-based screenplay, filmed in his mother-in-law's
house.
Paul, a Darwin-spouting evolution buff, has invited five college
friends, one of whom he married, for annual reunions here for
the past nine years. And while he's perfectly happy with
the status quo, the other five, including his pregnant wife, pursue
their own agendas. One of the six, an attorney who retreats
into work after surviving a bout with cancer and a broken relationship,
provides the catalyst for provocative converastion. Haunting
dream sequences thoughtfully illustrate the group's evolution
as they approach the big 3-0. If Douglas Coupland (Generation
X) had written 'The Big Chill,' this might have been the result."
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