“The Cider House Rules” (1999) appears at first glance to be a well-made historical drama centered around life at an apple orchard and orphanage in Maine during World War II. Tobey Maguire portrays Homer Wells, a young man raised within the isolated orphanage and favored by caretaker Dr. Larch, played by Michael Caine, who shares his extensive medical knowledge and abilities with him. When Homer turns 21, he departs …