The Hours
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- Synopsis
- Three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature in this film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham....
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- Starring
- Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Collette
- Director(s)
- Stephen Daldry
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 114 min.
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Critic Reviews
The result is something rare, especially considering how fine the novel is, a film that's fuller and deeper than the book.Read the full review
A splendid film. It uses all the resources of cinema -- masterful writing, superb acting, directorial intelligence, an enveloping score, top-of-the-line production design, costumes, cinematography and editing -- to make a film whose cumulative emotional power takes viewers by surprise, capturing us unawares in its ability to move us as deeply as it does.Read the full review
With its deft intercutting of place and time, the film creates a powerful sense of mysticism and fate.Read the full review
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The Naughts: The Actress of the '00s
12/04/09 If time is an avenger, then the Naughts have had it both ways with Nicole Kidman. | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
'Reader' between the lines
01/05/09 The provocative director sits under a row of poinsettias at New York media lunch spot Michael's, squeezing his arms tightly around his body while responding to the suggestion that his latest film, "The Reader," might endorse illegal sexual activities. | The Hollywood Reporter -
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