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Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard, Dennis Hopper
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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It 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)
Fascinating 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)
Please 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.
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 lasting commitments, few. But when a stunning young student named Consuela Casti...( read more)
Another "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.
Oh 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)
Isabel Coixet is definitely one of the best contemporary directors.
Her movies are full of inspiration and sadness and she always brings up the thin line between life and death in such a natural and delicate way.
Also in Elegy, she brings the "difficulties" or fears...( read more)
This is realy not my kind of movie, but Kinsley and Cruz does a good performance.
Despite being quite graphically sexual at times, this film deals deeply with the issues of sexuality and culture in a way that had me gripped. beautifully shot with a moving score, It gave me a lot to think about and a book i very much would like to read.
