But a “just” ending can also mean a “sadder but wiser” ending (like Scarlett O’Hara’s) or a noble sacrifice ending (like the one in movie Sommersby) or a “pick-up-the-pieces-and-go-on” ending in which it’s clear the characters will not have perfect, easy lives thereafter, but … Technically, Sommersby is a superior production. But as they scrabble to survive in the poverty riddled South, there is doubt as to his identity, and, in a very dumb ending, Gere essentially volunteers to be hanged. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Sommersby Richard Gere portrays a soldier coming back from the civil war to his wife played by Jodie Foster. Movie Synopsis: Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. He dreams that he and a few maidens, personifying the Muses/the arts, travel down the river to the sea. Skelly said: “It’s very early doors, but we’re already seeing a massive shift from where they were at the beginning with … Period details abound, and the cinematography is consistently strong, and occasionally breathtaking. This voyage symbolizes the journey from life to death. Rian Johnson’s Looper did well both with critics and at the box office back in 2012, but it’s since come under fire from film buffs who take issue with its plot – including its twist ending.. The ending of Sommersby is undermined by the single most attractive quality in Gere’s performance — the enthusiastic conviction with which he plays a hustler. Virginia is shown to its best advantage. ''Sommersby'''s historical accuracy -- The Reconstruction-era flick features a black judge, which screenwriters say is plausible By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he … Directed by Jon Amiel. A farmer returns home from the Civil War, but his wife begins to suspect that the man is an impostor. 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