The film stars Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Delroy Lindo, Paul Rudd, Michael Caine, Jane Alexander, Kathy Baker, Kieran Culkin, Heavy D, Kate Nelligan, and Erykah Badu.
Fuzzy suffers from respiratory disease and thus spends most of his time beneath a plastic tent ventilated with a breathing apparatus.
Wally's mother, Olive, owns the Worthington family apple orchard where Homer settles as a worker.
Homer picks apples with Arthur Rose's team of migrant workers whom the Worthingtons employ seasonally at the orchard.
When Homer reads them the list, the workers observe the rules have been made without the occupants' consent by people who do not live there and do not share their problems.
Cloud's, Fuzzy Stone succumbs to his illness while watching a private screening of King Kong with Dr. Larch.
He then makes the injury worse, and as a last request, asks Homer and another worker to tell the police his death was a suicide.
Homer fills the paternal role that Larch previously held for the children of the orphanage, telling them, "Good night, you Princes of Maine!
An adaptation of The Cider House Rules by John Irving was first announced May 1991 to be set up at Beacon Pictures and directed by Phillip Borsos and star Matthew Broderick.
[8] In February 1997, the film which was setup at Miramax was reportedly moving forward with director Michael Winterbottom and Ethan Hawke in talks to star.
The website's critical consensus reads "The Cider House Rules derives affecting drama from wonderful performances, lovely visuals, and an old-fashioned feel.
"[5] It also has a weighted average rating of 75 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
By contrast, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times awarded it just two stars, stating the film "is often absorbing or enchanting in its parts.
Michael Caine's performance is one of his best, and Charlize Theron is sweet and direct as the girl...The story touches many themes, lingers with some of them, moves on and arrives at nowhere in particular.