Movies Directed by Lasse Hallström (in alphabetical order)

Chocolat

Chocolat

That this film garnered five Oscar nominations - including Best Picture - says more about Miramax's aggressive marketing campaign than it does the film's quality. Forgettably slight, this shallow tale of a free-thinking woman who invades a small French town in 1959 with her addictive chocolate recipes, and upsets the town's frumpy powers-that-be, is a predictable and pointless bore. Miramax… read more!

The Cider House Rules

The Cider House Rules

Well-intentioned 1940s-era tear jerker about a young orphan (Tobey Maguire, voice cracking as always) who has been trained as a doctor at the New England orphanage where he's lived all his 20 years, and what happens when he decides to finally split and explore the world – which in this case means picking apples at an orchard near the coast,… read more!

The Hoax

The Hoax

Entertaining if forgettable picture about Clifford Irving (Richard Gere, in a fine if obviously Oscar-hungry performance) who in 1971 convinced the top brass at publishing house McGraw-Hill that he had been called upon by reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes to work with him on his official autobiography – even though Hughes had no idea who he was. Using an elaborate system… read more!