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45
Viewer score based on 30 votes.

Critic Score

66
Critics' score based on 32 reviews.
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I left out my rating with my review earlier. EXCELLENT!!!!

December 11, 2009
IROL9561

Suprisingly good film. Great performances on both Penelope Cruz and Ben Kingsley's parts. Well written, unique... I enjoyed it very much.

October 23, 2009
MzCOMBS

The most boring movie ever made. Please avoid at all costs. I wanted to walk out 10 minutes in. The movie was two hours long it felt like a lifetime.

October 20, 2008
Girlie9191

Bad movie that seemed 4 hours long. The director could have cut 50%of the movie and still made his psuedo erotic film "trying to be arty" excuse for a movie It totally wastes good acting by Cruz and... Kingsley. Most of the audience had confused looks at the end ---- probably because they had just awakened. Don't waste your money. Full Review

October 9, 2008
Rpcarzoli

Gorgeous film. Reaches just about everyone who finds time moving just a bit too fast

September 19, 2008
Jeff Sc199
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Critic Reviews

A richly textured and compelling film.Full Review

Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

There's a poetic irony to the idea that it took a female filmmaker to finally do justice to Philip Roth on screen.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

True to its title, Elegy is a spare, meditative and melancholy film. It is a deeply affecting and profoundly observed saga about love, art, beauty and, especially, mortality.Full Review

Claudia Puig
USA Today

This is an offering for mature viewers thrown out amidst a sea of summer flotsam. The title, Elegy, is perfect for the material. There is much tragedy and truth in what the makers of this movie have brought to the screen.Full Review

James Berardinelli
ReelViews

By the time it's over, Penelope Cruz has slipped away with it, and transformed Kingsley's character in the process. It's nicely done.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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