''Childhood's End'' is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Jeff Lipsky and featuring

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and

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. It is Lipsky's feature directorial debut.

Plot

Denise is displeased with Greg and has a relationship with another girl. Greg has his first sexual relationship with his friend's mother.

Cast

*Cameron Foord as Evelyn Edwards *Heather Gottlieb as Rebecca Meyer *Colleen Werthmann as Denise Edwards *

as Greg Chute *Bridget White as Chloe Chute *

as Laurie Cannon *Philip Coccioletti as Harvey Branch *Ellen Tobie as Miranda Chute *Maureen Silliman as Mrs. Meyer

Release

The film was released at the

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on August 25, 1996.

Reception

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of ''

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'' gave the film a mixed review, calling it "mildly engaging but ultimately frustrating." Stephen Holden of ''

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'' gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "has the atmosphere of a tasteful upper-middle-class talk show, crammed with dialogue that is as dispassionate as it is savvy."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, childhoods_end 1990s English-language films