Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson
Respected cultural critic and author David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) is a middle-aged college professor who, for years, has lived in a state of "emancipated manhood." His romantic conquests are many; his ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 17, 2009
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October 6, 2009It certainly had to be difficult to adapt "The Dying Animal" onto the screen. First-rate American writer Philip Roth usually writes from first-person perspective, in a manner of inner monologue and he doesn't leave much air while he does that. His writing is rich with description...( read more)
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April 8, 2009Fascinating study of love, lust, aging and death - no really. Kingsley plays an initially unlikeably aloof poet professor whose brash exterior and ordered existence is disrupted by the beautiful young Cruz. This relationship forms the core of the film but an impressive supporting...( read more)
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April 5, 2009Please do NOT waste your time on this slow moving, painful to watch "Lifetime" movie that wastes the talent of Ben Kingsley. Even Penelope Cruz's hotness couldn't save this film! Skip the DVD.
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April 2, 2009Respected cultural critic and author David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley) is a middle-aged college professor who, for years, has lived in a state of "emancipated manhood." His romantic conquests are many; his lasting commitments, few. But when a stunning young student named Consuela Casti...( read more)
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March 25, 2009Another "getting old sucks" movie, but one that as usual, has some redeming ending where they all learn something. Not a bad film at all, especially if you're into Penelope Cruz. Ben Kingsley is a stud.
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November 5, 2009I don't even know where to start.
First, they try to pass a 40 year old Penelope as a 20-something by putting a bow in her hair? Right.
Penelope's character was supposed to be a cuban girl who moved to States when she was 11, but still cant speak clear English after all those ye...( read more) -
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October 18, 2009Oh my gosh! I loved this movie so much!!! It had everything...love & lust, commitment & infidelity, pleasure & pain, youth & wisdom, friendships & relationships. Even life & death. This movie was deeply interesting and beautiful. I highly recommend it. Much better than many...( read more)
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September 29, 200929/09/09
"The Biggest Surprise in a Man's Life Is Old Age ."
This is GREAT.
Critic Reviews
October 1, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
August 8, 2008
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Elegy makes us question again the cinema's ability, without loss of heat and light, to translate Roth's subtle, high-voltage prose from page to screen. full review
August 4, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Elegy is a spare, melancholy film that is so far in spirit from its source, Philip Roth's The Dying Animal, that I'm tempted to say we should abandon altogether the idea of adapting Roth. full review
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