Sophie's Choice Critic Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

Sophie's Choice is a fine, absorbing, wonderfully acted, heartbreaking movie.Read the full review

The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites

Thanks in large part to Miss Streep's bravura performance, it's a film that casts a powerful, uninterrupted spell.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Michael BlowenAdd Critic to Favorites

Alan Pakula's literal adaptation of William Styron's Sophie's Choice is an admirable, if reverential, movie that crams this triangle into a 2 1/2 -hour character study enriched by Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, and nearly destroyed by Peter MacNicol. [21 Jan 1983]Read the full review

Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites

Sophie's Choice is a handsome, doggedly faithful and astoundingly tedious adaptation of William Styron's best-seller.Read the full review

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