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64% Critic Match
Sommersby
“She knew his face. His touch. His voice. She knew everything about him ... But the truth.”
6.4 / 10• 1993• 1h 49m•PG-13• English
DramaThrillerMysteryRomance
Storyline
Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.
Cast & Crew
Jodie Foster
Laurel Sommersby
Lead
Richard Gere
John Robert Sommersby / Horace Townsend
Bill Pullman
Orin Meecham
James Earl Jones
Judge Barry Conrad Issacs
Lanny Flaherty
Buck
William Windom
Reverend Powell
WW
Wendell Wellman
Travis
BK
Brett Kelley
Little Rob
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jon Amiel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Sommersby is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
