Far From Heaven
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- Synopsis
- Director Todd Haynes peeks at the underside of 1950s romantic melodramas in this story of a suburban housewife (Julianne Moore) whose idyllic Eisenhower-era existence unravels when she broaches romance with her African-American gardener after ......
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- Director(s)
- Todd Haynes
- Distributor(s)
- Focus Features
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 107 min.
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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
It rediscovers the aching, desiring humanity in a genre -- and a period-- too often subjected to easy parody or ironic appropriation. In a word, it's divine.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid and Dennis Haysbert are called on to play characters whose instincts are wholly different from their own. By succeeding, they make their characters real, instead of stereotypes.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites
This is a love letter from one auteur to another that doesn't feel like a term paper. Instead, Far From Heaven is an honest-to-God drama with resonance all its own.Read the full review
