The Luzhin Defence Critic Reviews
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Moves with fluidity and ease through brisk opening conventions to a perfectly poised and balanced endgame.Read the full review
Carefully made, involving and old-fashioned, the superior work it's inspired gives it an impact that lingers even when the endgame is over.Read the full review
Fine candy for mind and eye.Read the full review
Where it succeeds best is not in describing how Luzhin got broken but how love fixed him, albeit temporarily.Read the full review
Watson's character grows in importance until she eclipses the recessive Luzhin.Read the full review
A smoothly made period romancer that's elevated by strong playing from its whole cast, led by John Turturro and Emily Watson as the starstruck lovers.Read the full review
The film is elegiac and sad, beautifully mounted, but not as compelling as it should be.Read the full review
An attractive, intelligent film that's intractably at odds with itself.Read the full review
When the film sticks with the eccentric comedy of a highborn woman attracted to a preoccupied genius, it works splendidly. When it strays into melodrama, it is as ill-equipped as Luzhin.Read the full review
