A boldly realised, affecting work.
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06/24/06
The Hours (2002)
80 %
Reviews Counted: 182 Fresh: 146 Rotten:36 Average Rating: 7.4/10
Consensus:
The movie may be a downer, but it packs an emotional wallop. Some fine acting on display here.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Toni Collette, Claire Danes
Director: Stephen Daldry
Screenwriter: David Hare
Producer: Robert Fox, Scott Rudin
Composer: Philip Glass
Screenwriter: David Hare
Producer: Robert Fox, Scott Rudin
Composer: Philip Glass
Reviews
Top Critic
An elegant movie-triptych - its constituent, handsomely mounted panels are inhabited by three earnest, meticulous performances.
03/25/03
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Brilliantly acted and impressively directed, this has Oscar-bait written all over it, even if it doesn’t quite add up to the sum of its parts.
02/15/03
Lyrical and surprisingly uplifting -- if you're willing to invest full attention.
01/29/03
Top Critic
This film is remarkable in so many ways that it almost overwhelms you as a moviegoer. From the tricky weave of narrative strands to the knock-out performances, this is a beautifully realised film featuring themes that get way beneath the skin.
01/16/03
David Hare's screen adaptation reduces Woolf and her art to a set of feminist stances and a few plot points, without reference to style or form.
02/11/08
The Hours totally engrosses me... It somehow deepens the [book's] themes to see the bodies, scrutinize the faces, smell the money, feel the flatness of the screen.
09/16/06
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05/26/06
Life may or may not be everything it's cracked up to be. This movie most definitely is.
12/06/05
If this movie is about how some choose not to live, it's also just as much about why others choose to go on.
12/01/05
'In a sublime collaboration, David Hare and Stephen Daldry have created a delicate atmosphere of inchoate sadness.'
03/22/05
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03/03/05
It works like the best poetry, giving us room to explore ideas and issues instead of narrowing itself to simple moral lessons.
12/06/04
Lost we become in story telling that emphasizes cuts and coincidences, leaving serious characterization gaps.
10/14/04
A feminist diatribe and it's true to its core as it shows men as marginalized.
10/07/04
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