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The Draughtsman's Contract (1982)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:17

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Mrs. Herbert and her husband are having some marital difficulties, so he decides to take a two week holiday by himself. To surprise him on his return, Mrs. Herbert commissions an artist to paint... [More]

Starring: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Dave Hill, Michael Feast

Director: Peter Greenaway

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Reviews for The Draughtsman's Contract

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 04:19 AM	Time Out
4/5	Rich Cline	ravishingly beautiful Comment \| Apr., 06 2005 12:08 AM	Shadows on the Wall
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 05 2003 05:12 PM	Guardian [UK]
4/5	Jamie Russell	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 01 2003 08:12 AM	BBC
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 24 2003 08:13 AM	Channel 4 Film
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 18 2008 07:27 AM	Variety
	Jeffrey M. Anderson	It shows the director at his best and most playful, and it's a strange delight. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 21 2008 09:40 PM	Combustible Celluloid
3/4	Jeremiah Kipp	A puzzle book for intellectual aesthetes. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 22 2008 09:59 AM	Slant Magazine
5/6	David Fear	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 18 2008 03:15 AM	Time Out New York
4/5	Cole Smithey	No review available. Comment \| Nov., 04 2007 06:41 PM	ColeSmithey.com
A	Dennis Schwartz	One of the best, most original and diabolical films to come out of England. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 22 2007 08:39 PM	Ozus' World Movie Reviews
	Nathan Lee	Artificial in the extreme, it may nevertheless be Greenaway's most naturalistic and easygoing film. Full Review \| Comment \| Jul., 05 2007 12:08 PM	Village Voice
3/5	Emanuel Levy	No review available. Comment \| Jul., 04 2005 11:25 PM	EmanuelLevy.Com
4/4	Roger Ebert	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 23 2004 10:31 PM	Chicago Sun-Times
N/R	Vincent Canby	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 30 2004 10:17 PM	New York Times
9/10	Anton Bitel	Greenaway ploughs the familiar landscape of the murder mystery, but plants in it new, exotic fruits all of his own. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 13 2004 05:15 AM	Movie Gazette
	Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat	The Draughtsman's Contract is a thoroughly entertaining murder mystery set in 17th century England. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 04 2004 06:32 PM	Spirituality and Practice
4/5	Carol Cling	No review available. Comment \| Jan., 23 2004 04:59 PM	Las Vegas Review-Journal
3/5	Ken Hanke	Far from Greenaway's best work. Very far. Comment \| Jan., 16 2003 08:31 AM	Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
4/5	Philip Martin	No review available. Comment \| Jul., 30 2002 09:14 AM	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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