gavin6942 The story is set in 1962 Louisiana. The Batiste family is headed by charming doctor Louis (Sam Jackson). Though he is married to beautiful Roz, he has a weakness for attractive female patients. One night Louis trysts with married and sexy Metty Mereaux, not knowing that he is observed by his youngest daughter Eve, who is there by accident.The film received overwhelmingly positive reviews, with Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert naming it the best film of 1997. Despite the praise, it seems to have been largely forgotten, and did not merit a single Oscar nomination that year. Going in to the picture today (2016), I had never heard of it, nor did I have a clue what it was about.The best part of this movie is that you can never be sure how much is real. Because most of it is told through the eyes of a 10-year old, some things may be misunderstood or distorted. A second viewing might be helpful.

eyeofmyangels Kasi Lemmons has invigorated and enriched her debut film, "Eve's Bayou", through the use of a thousand details, a strong sense of time and place, outstanding characterizations and a display of energy and cinematic flair that marks an advance on any other film released in 1997. Lemmons works with such piercing fervor and intelligence that "Eve's Bayou" just about transcends its tidy moral design."Eve's Bayou" is as good a compromise of fact and fiction as you could hope for -- and still call it a movie. Lemmons directed this with a single-mindedness and attention to detail that makes it riveting. She doesn't make the mistake of adding cornball little subplots to popularize the material; she knows she has a great story, and she tells it with such realism that feels like we're apart of the Batiste family. This is a powerful story, one of 1997's best films, told with great clarity and acted like a finely tuned powerful fire(bravo Debbi Morgan).

overthehillsomewhere "Eve's Bayou" is perfect down to the last detail, but lovers of popcorn movies may pass "Eve's Bayou" without notice. The film is, against all odds, hopeful even while quietly stirring outrage. It's a deceptively passive movie that quietly moves mountains behind the scenes. Under the skillful hand of writer-director Kasi Lemmons, layers are revealed -- the pain of loss, the wrath of secrets , the je ne sais quoi of contented family life -- all while building up to a shattering conclusion, Lemmons' movie is both outrageously schematic and powerfully humanist. "Eve's Bayou" is a marvel of character-driven drama that no serious film-goer should miss.

policeridingmyback Kasi Lemmons' "Eve's Bayou" is a masterpiece. OK, "Eve's Bayou" might be a masterpiece. I'd have to do more than see it again to really know -- I'd have to see it again five or 10 years from now, when the distractions and diversions of its present context have fallen away. "Eve's Bayou" is a great film, though, to deserve its audience's best efforts to banish distraction and view it clearly.Lemmons calmly unveils one garish shock after another, always turning the screws a few notches past the point we'd expected. Her art has something in common with the works of Tennessee Williams , or the songs of Miles Davis: Like those towering artists, her vision is surpassingly caustic -- even, at times, vindictive. We can certainly yearn for magnificently accusatory artists like these to grow to find a greater sympathy in their work, a greater forgiveness. "Eve's Bayou" is so unrelenting that it may prompt such yearnings; I, for one, would be thrilled to see Lemmons heart open in her future work. But it would be a mistake to flinch from the greatness of "Eve's Bayou", with it's outstanding writing, direction, and superior acting, in the meantime.