In the Cider House Rules Homer Wells played by Toby Maguire is raised in a orphanage with the aspirations of being a Doctor being trained by his mentor Dr. Wilbur Larch (Michael Caine). He teaches him everything he needs to know about medicine and during his first encounters with delivering babies the fate of the child rests not on him but the expecting mothers.
Being tired of having his life and the fate of a child's pre-determined he goes on a Vision Quest to find himself in the world. He therefore makes a moral choice to leave his current situation, leave his surrounding,s for a fresh start in embracing all the wonders and beauty of the world. In order to truly find oneself one must go through a hell of a lot to find out what they are really good at .
During his travels and experiences , we see him learning the fine art of apple picking,
lobster fishing, and experiencing his first true love.
A lot of people who have reviewed and watched this movie through the years have had a hard time understanding it the direction the movie was going in. In order to understand Cider House Rules you must realize that it also explores the choices men and women have to face .
Choices.
Choices that results in many consequences that help shape and determine the course of our lives
Those choices can never be made by an authority figure, a guardian, or someone who knows better, .....they have to be made within.
For example in a scene where a boyfriend of one woman comes for an abortion and although he accepts her decision one way or the other he goes queasy when the abortion procedure is described to him and runs away. He can escape the harsh reality of a pregnancy but women who have been known to be givers of all life cannot. She must decide whether she is ready to accept the full responsibilities and duties of motherhood or not.
The title itself The Cider House Rules refers to a standard set of rules of code and conduct that all apple pickers must live by.
The foreman (Delroy Lindo) and his daughter (Erykah Badu) don't feel overwhelmed to follow the rules and expectations of others for they make up their own.
If you gaze into the eyes of Homer you know that he grew up from a childhood which had him at the mercy of the decisions of others to an adulthood that required him to do his own choosing.
For life is what you make it....for their is no fate but what you make for yourself and for a movie which gladly reminds us of this inspiring message I give it this 5/5.
And I leave you with this in with nothing but wishes of good health, peace, prosperity, and happiness.
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