Chris Eccleston, Christopher Eccleston, June Whitfield
Set in late 19th century England, Jude Fawley, an intelligent but unworldly stonemason, looks to escape rural poverty by gaining a university education. Toward this goal, Jude leaves a failing marriag...( read more
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A good Thomas Hardy adaptation, needless to say, don't expect a happy ending. This film is quite hard going but very good!
Dry and depressing, this is a ode to a man that I never entirely met through out the running of this film. In fact, I still feel I don't know who Fawley is at all since all I ever saw was Eccleston and Winslet as another inspiring love interest.
The film tries too hard yet d...( read more)
Was a very boring beginning and I didn't get any of it but when it had gone 21 minutes and 26 seconds it all became much better, when finally Kate Winslet came on screen.
This is such a fantastic and emotional drama and it makes your eyes get filled with tears.
The acting is al...( read more)
"Haven't we been punished enough?"
These are exactly my thoughts whilst watching this film - Thomas Hardy, haven't these characters been punished enough? And by the end I'm thinking - Michael Winterbottom, haven't we the audience been punished enough?! This is utterly dep...( read more)
Michael Winterbottom's best film this impressively mounted version of Thomas Hardy's novel is beautifully shot (and, criminally, the r2 dvd is pan and scan only).
Most impressive though are the performances he draws from Christopher Eccleston, Rachael Griffiths as Jude's first wi...( read more)
This movie makes me thing about the world and where we going the messege its so shocking at the end
I was looking for this movie a long time now it in my favs
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