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A mesmerizing film that is the most stunning, tempestuous love story in a decade or two of movie making.Read the full review
The kind of movie you can see twice--first for the questions, the second time for the answers.Read the full review
Heartbreakingly beautiful film, a brilliant adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's equally beautiful novel, is a sort of Casablanca for our time.Read the full review
A tour de force so haunting that other films can't exorcise the memory of its radiant cast, exquisite craftsmanship or complex system of metaphors. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a movie.Read the full review
Rising to crescendos of emotion usually reached only by tenors and sopranos, these characters are the beneficiaries of the luminous writing of the novel and screenplay as well as the expert performances of the actors, especially Scott Thomas.Read the full review
Awash in heart-rending emotions and gorgeous images, this is a movie to lose yourself in.Read the full review
A stunning feat of literary adaptation as well as a purely cinematic triumph.Read the full review
The acting of this central trio is brilliant, in part because the crisscrossing of these and other stories and the gorgeous backdrops take some of the weight off: The characters are free to be flawed without losing our interest.Read the full review
The big story here is Kristin Scott Thomas' captivating performance.Read the full review
This is one of the year's most unabashed and powerful love stories, using flawless performances, intelligent dialogue, crisp camera work, and loaded glances to attain a level of eroticism and emotional connection that many similar films miss.Read the full review
