Hilary & Jackie

Hilary & Jackie
by Anand Tucker

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Actor: Charles Dance, David Morrissey, Emily Watson, James Frain, Rachel Griffiths
Director: Anand Tucker
Brand: Universal
Producer: Andy Paterson
Producer: Guy East
Producer: Nicolas Kent
Producer: Nigel Sinclair
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Writer: Hilary du Pr?
Writer: Piers du Pr?
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 121 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-11-05
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios

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Movie Review: Incongruous Logic = terrible direction
Summary: 1 Stars

I watched this movie up until Hillary, who appears in every way intelligent, decides that the demand of her sister, who, after running naked into the woods, is found shivering and out of her mind, should be allowed to have sex with Hillary's husband! The reason? Because she needs to know somebody "LOVES" her???? I thought the idea that sex = love was something most adults realized was not necesarilly true about the time they found out what the word "prostitution" means.

I understand the musical aficionados have their own bone to pick, but I found the incongruous logic that would allow an emotional lunatic (which Jackie certainly was at the point of adultery) to 'have her way' with Hillary's husband (with Hillary's blessing) was to allow the lunatic to 'run the asylum' because the emotionally damaged sister requests it to be too much to swallow, and i shut the movie off.

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Summary of Hilary & Jackie

The true story of two sisters who shared a passion a madness and a man. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/06/2004 Starring: Emily Watson James Frain Run time: 121 minutes Rating: R Director: Anand Tucker

It earned Oscar nods, yet this cinematic look at a genius--that of English cellist Jacqueline du Pr?, who enraptured audiences with her bold, emblazoned, and wholly unconventional playing style, and who died at age?42--was criticized for its "lapses" in truth by people who purportedly knew du Pr?. Some of the controversy revolved around the other main character in Anand Tucker's gorgeous, involving movie--du Pr?'s sister, Hilary, whose book, A Genius in the Family (cowritten with brother Piers), dished some dirt on Jackie's sleeping with Hilary's husband. But don't let that deter you from this ebullient movie experience. The film is a bisected story (each sister's tale is told in the same amount of screen time) teeming with heartfelt drama that belies the cheap shots it received from its detractors. It's stirring, reckless, loving, involving, and rife with unconventional passion; passion for music, life, art, and the delicate relationship between these two synchronous, extraordinary sisters as played by brilliant actors Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths (both of whom earned Oscar nods). Though Watson got the juicy, showy role as Jackie, it's Griffiths who provides the heart, soul, and spine of the film. And director Tucker has that gift of being able to explain through the visual medium what is happening inside of his character's heads. He's helped by a fine screenplay by Frank Boyce Cottrell. No matter what the truth of Hilary and Jackie might really be, this is an exceptional, rare film that is defined and graced by fine acting and writing. --Paula Nechak

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