The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair (1999)

  • 67% of critics liked it
    (66 reviews)

  • 72% of users liked it
    (9,257 ratings)

Based on the novel by Graham Greene, this romantic drama stars Ralph Fiennes as Maurice Bendrix, a novelist who, during World War II, had an affair with Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore), the wife of his best friend Henry (Stephen Rea). Sarah abruptly broke off the romance in 1944, but two years later,… More

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R, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Neil Jordan
Written By
Neil Jordan
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Dec 3, 1999 Wide
On DVD
May 16, 2000
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Paul Tatara, CNN.com

    An effective love story that's intensely old-fashioned.

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    Tasteful and seductive.

  • Alan Dale, Blogcritics.org

    The whole thing is beyond purple and yet so careful and reverent you can't even enjoy it as camp.

  • Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer

    What a sad and melancholy piece of work. ... Fiennes basically reprises his English Patient role as the heroic destroyer of covenants and promises.

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    Writer/director Neil Jordan takes the right approach to the material. Instead of trying to spruce it up, he simply moves in closer.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Morgan S


    Or as I like to call this movie; GROPE. lol I absolutely adore RALPH FIENNES. But i just didnt really find myself enjoying this movie that much.. Julianne Moores character seems almost too self-pitying and whinny as some points. In this movie I actually thought that the actor that… More

  • Anthony L


    I wasn?t convinced I was going to like it as I wasn?t a great fan of the book but this is a brilliant adaptation from Neil Jordan, who really captures the essence of the characters!

  • jay n


    Good period detail but dull

  • Luke B


    Terribly bland and brash. The film lacks elegant subtlety so just about every theme is repeated out loud and then again in Fiennes' narration which is simply laughable. Why Jordan continues to cast Stephen Rea is anyones guess. He is either a dull mess, like he is here, or an… More

  • Fascade F


    This has GOT to be one of the most CRAZIEST arrangements I have ever seen in the "art" of having an extramarital affair. I have got to admit it.this movie has shown me that..BEING involved is so much more than GETTING involved in one. See this...it is one of the craziest… More

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