The Hours

Richly layered, deliberately paced, dealing with difficult emotions and life decisions, it feels like a moody wintry afternoon. Full Review

I found the film -- excruciatingly flat-footed, with one of the most exasperating scores (by Philip Glass) ever written. The most fascinating thing in the movie is a nose. Full Review

With its deft intercutting of place and time, the film creates a powerful sense of mysticism and fate. Full Review

I'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled, but, for those with at least a minimal appreciation of Woolf and Clarissa Dalloway, The Hours represents two of those well spent. Full Review

The links and resonances remain largely abstract -- to understand them isn't necessarily to be moved by them -- while the individual dramas of those three lives are often stirring, and the three starring performances are unforgettable. Full Review