The Republic of Love (2003)
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44% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
44% of users liked it
(840 ratings)
In Deepa Mehta's poignant and heartbreaking romance, Emilia Fox plays Fay, a generally content, thirtysomething Torontoite suffering in a relationship of quiet desperation with her boyfriend; Bruce Greenwood is Tom Avery, a loser in the ways of romance with three broken-hearted marriages behind… More In Deepa Mehta's poignant and heartbreaking romance, Emilia Fox plays Fay, a generally content, thirtysomething Torontoite suffering in a relationship of quiet desperation with her boyfriend; Bruce Greenwood is Tom Avery, a loser in the ways of romance with three broken-hearted marriages behind him, who hosts a late-night call-in radio program. The two meet and grow deeply smitten with one another, but must ultimately learn to accept one another unconditionally. Life seems just about perfect, until an unforeseen calamity challenges everything Fay has come to rely on as stable and solid. Mehta adapted the novel of the same title by Canadian author Carol Shields. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- Directed By
- Deepa Mehta
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Oct 31, 2004 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
A quaintly uncomplicated romance that struggles to keep up with the quality of its acting.
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Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The charisma of the cast goes a long way to bring warmth to this story of winter love.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Wintry symbolism has never felt so forced -- and in a film that ought to have been played as a romantic comedy, it's never been more out of place, either.
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Louis B. Hobson, Jam! Movies
Mehta's screenplay never effectively addresses one of the major themes of the story.
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Bruce Kirkland, Jam! Movies
A modest endeavour but there is much to quietly savour here.
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Cast
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Bruce Greenwood
as Tom Avery
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Emilia Fox
as Fay
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Edward Fox
as Richard
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Martha Henry
as Audrey
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Jan Rubes
as Strom
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Gary Farmer
as Ted
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Lloyd Owen
as Peter
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Jackie Burroughs
as Betty
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Claire Bloom
as Onion