Sly, self-reflexive adaptation and movie-within-a-movie, having both a fictionalized and a real component complement each other, a meta-fictional technique used to great effect. As well as Harold Pinter's brilliant screenplay, Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons manage to keep their re...( read more)
Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, Hilton McRae
A film is being made of a story, set in 19th century England, about Charles, a biologist who's engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him aft...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 4, 2001
Stats: 239 reviews
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March 31, 2009
Fantastic performance from Jeremy Irons, and of course Meryl Streep is flawless. 1981's interpretation of a period piece, contrasted with '81 present day. I became a huge fan of 70s and more early 80s movies, for quality movies - slower pace, more left to the viewer to discover...( read more)
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October 21, 2009
Though this had all the elements needed for a good period romance, it ends up being less than the sum of its parts. The storyline is both simple and complicated but never engaging. Somehow it all just felt clinical. But the sex scene ranks right up there with the most awkward ...( read more)
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October 4, 2009
PAN AND SCAN. Interesante y elegante, aunque no tan cautivadora como quiere ser. / Interesting and elegant, though not as captivating as it wants to be.
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July 7, 2009
There,s soemthing interesting and yet irritating about this contrast on this liaison on and off stage. At least the interpretations are wonderful.
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