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Eve's Bayou (1997)
Assured and Daring
"Eve's Bayou" is so assured and daring, you're almost petrified the picture's going to mess up, make some kind of boneheaded move. You're sitting there, rooting for this thing not to fall off its conceptual high wire. But hallelujah, it keeps its balance; and you're exhilarated from beginning to end.
What's great about this film is the way it deconstructs time. But the structure is not arbitrary. Each new day yields more information in a skillfull order: We learn what happened, in tantalizing increments. And with each revelation, the big picture changes radically. "Eve's Bayou" doesn't just draw you into a dramatic mystery, it makes you aware of human mystery. And that's food for thought and entertainment.
FYI: Debbi Morgan gives one of the best supporting performances of the 90s, bar none. This woman is a revelation! Excellent acting from the rest of the cast also.