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Annie Nessen, Gil Rood, Joan Allen, Katharine Houghton, Liam Neeson ...( see more  see more... ) , Patricia Arquette , Phil Garran , Stephen Mendillo , Tate Donovan , Virginia Smith

Here's the film of a novel nobody liked in high school (but probably succumbed to when they read it in later life, as they should). Based on the book by Edith Wharton, it's one of those repressed roma...( read more  read more... )nces of longing and regret carried out in real time and real life. Liam Neeson plays the humble Ethan, manipulated into marrying a plain and sickly woman (Joan Allen, every bit as good as she is in The Contender), who still manages to dominate him. When she grows so ill that Ethan requires help to care for her, they import her poor cousin (Patricia Arquette), who sparks thoughts in Ethan that never occurred to him with his wife. Neeson has a great fire within, as he confronts an array of possibilities that simply remain out of reach because the alternative is unthinkable in this tight-knit New England community. Arquette bubbles with life, while Allen can freeze blood at 100 paces with one of her icy glances. Slow-moving at times but worth it for the final payoff. Directed by John Madden (Shakespeare in Love). --Mark Englehart

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PG, 99 min.

Directed by: John Madden

Release Date: March 1, 1993

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DVD Release Date: January 14, 2003

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  • FutureMrsNeeson
    September 4, 2009
    FutureMrsNeeson
    Liam Neeson is in it so I NEED 2 SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • periwinklepetticoats
    April 21, 2008
    periwinklepetticoats
    Perfect cast makes this a great film to see.
  • rockaholic69
    March 20, 2008
    rockaholic69
    after reading the book, the movie was just as interesting.
  • ND2000
    December 15, 2007
    ND2000
    I know I liked this movie when i saw it years ago.
  • aluniquen
    April 12, 2007
    aluniquen
    haha i live here!! laaaaame
  • mariaj366
    March 19, 2007
    mariaj366
    Sad, haunting... I have no idea why I love this movie so much, but I do.
  • SarahJoyFrost
    December 6, 2006
    SarahJoyFrost
    I wonder what this is about, i think ill see it!

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