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09/09/05
An Unfinished Life (2005)
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Reviews Counted:130
Fresh:69
Rotten:61
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: A story of disjointed family members yearning for true emotional depth, An Unfinished Life teeters between overtly saccharine sentiments and moments of real intimacy.
Theatrical Release:16-06-2006
Synopsis: Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLATE, CIDER HOUSE RULES) directs an all-star cast in this melancholy tale of bitterness and redemption, played out against the beautiful backdrop of rural Wyoming. Jean... [More]
Starring: Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez, Morgan Freeman, Joshua Lucas
Director: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Roth, Mark Rydell
Reviews for An Unfinished Life
The scenery has more definition than the people.
09/09/05
This is certainly not a movie worth going out of your way for, but don't be surprised if you happen to come across it on cable one rainy Sunday afternoon and find yourself watching it to the end.
09/09/05
This is the kind of movie where someone gets unreasonably upset over a broken plate and you realize that the plate is actually supposed to be a metaphor for a broken relationship -- at which point you begin to glance longingly toward the fire exits.
09/09/05
An Unfinished Life is so good that it makes you believe in Hollywood again.
09/09/05
It's no great thing, but in their heyday as Oscar campaigners, they could have made Redford a contender.
09/09/05
It's a good story, well told, honed just short of a distracting sheen.
09/09/05
There is never much doubt how An Unfinished Life will finish, yet it is kept dramatically and emotionally involving by the actors, who approach the characters and the story honestly and sincerely.
09/09/05
Consistently entertaining and ultimately satisfying, offering Robert Redford his best role in a decade. Kids, this is why everybody used to love this guy.
09/09/05
Not to belittle grief, but at a certain point the movie starts to feel like a giant pity party.
09/09/05
Excruciatingly tasteful.
09/09/05
Only an unnecessary and silly romantic relationship between Jennifer Lopez and Josh Lucas’ characters seems out of place in this otherwise tightly scripted story.
09/09/05
Perhaps described best as superbly efficient rather than memorable; it’s not a movie that invites or excites great and lasting passion.
09/09/05
The experienced helming by Hallstrom and the competent cast make up for the screenplay that explores no new territories.
09/09/05
An Unfinished Life is a solid movie with good acting performances, but it lacks the emotional punch one would expect from this sort of tale
09/09/05
Director Lasse Hallström's undeniable skill is at work here, all of the performances are pitch-perfect, the scenery is breathtaking, and the values espoused are honest and good. And we'll take a helping of that any day.
09/09/05
Top CriticProvides a useful contrast to good dramas....Redford and Freeman should have invested their chops elsewhere.
09/09/05
Lasse Hallstrom's straightforward direction brings the story to the cockles of one's heart, which it promptly warms.
09/08/05
No one talks like that.
09/08/05
Most directors would take this material and hit us over the head with it. But Lasse Hallstrom trusts us and he trusts the story and the characters.
09/08/05
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