Lady Chatterley's Lover

critic Reviews

, 86% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Arguably the best screen version of this oft-adapted tale, Lady Chatterley's Lover sets itself apart with solid acting and a refreshingly frank treatment of the story's mature themes.
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    Stephen RomeiThe Australian
    This thoughtful film, scripted by Oscar-­nominee David Magee, touches on other themes explored in the novel, such as post-war trauma and the advance of industrialisation...
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    Wenlei MaNews.com.au
    It’s a seductive, highly charged and intoxicating affair.
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    Shirley LiThe Atlantic
    De Clermont-Tonnerre’s film threatens, in some scenes, to become a tad too romantic... Still, the otherwise thoughtful adaptation entranced me.
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    Deborah RossThe Spectator
    It’s more in keeping with Lawrence’s alternative title for the novel, Tenderness, and it’s more a gentle, affecting, immersive love story than a sex story although there is plenty of sex in it.
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    Tim CogshellFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
    Very very hot.
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    Noah BerlatskyChicago Reader
    Lady Chatterley’s Lover may not have the power to shock that it once did, but in Clermont-Tonnerre’s hands it retains both romantic and social resonance.
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    Nuha HassanNuha Hassan
    Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a powerful and passionate depiction of intimacy and pleasure, which provides an idealistic perspective of the story.
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    Michael CookKARK-TV
    Emma Corwin and Jack O'Connell have fantastic chemistry...you really feel their passion and growing love for one another.
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    Jillian ChilingerianOffscreen With Jillian
    Overall the film is a beautiful depiction of intimacy and pleasure that is one of the few films to treat sex with tenderness and grace.
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    Serena SeghedoniLoud and Clear Reviews
    Emma Corrin and Jack O’ Connell shine in Netflix ‘s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s steamy, stunning, though a little too male-centric adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novel.
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