Human Life Review, April 1st, 2000
When The Cider House Rules came out this year, you wouldn't have had an inkling, from the print ads or previews, that it was a film about abortion-- unless, of course, you were familiar with John Irving's 1985 novel of the same name. Indeed, a non-controversial, even "stealth" marketing strategy was a deliberate calculation on the part of Irving and the film's producers, Miramax. The movie was promoted as an uplifting, all-American film about first love and adorable children (it takes place in an orphanage). Once the lights went down, however, audiences were treated to a fractured morality tal...
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