Betrayal

Betrayal (1983)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 69% of users liked it
    (449 ratings)

Director David Jones adapted Harold Pinter's play of the same name -- with the help of Pinter himself -- to better fit this chronologically reversed drama of love and betrayal to the medium of film. The action starts with a scene in a London pub in which Jerry (Jeremy Irons) and Emma (Patricia… More

R, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By
David Hugh Jones
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Feb 19, 1983 Wide

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Too Stagy.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Literate dialogue and stunning performances by Irons, Kingsley (with hair) and Hodge -- along with Jones' sensitive direction -- make it a shattering experience.

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    Explores the strange things we do to ourselves and to others in the name of love.

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