Lady Chatterley's Lover
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Movie Reviews of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Movie Review: Lady Chatterley's Lover
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the most important elements of this film is the sense of real life sensibilities it captures. The qualities of longing and frustration are beautifully captured by Sylvia Crystal as Lady Chatterley, the wife of a dashing but complex husband played by Shane Briant with combinations of bravado and self centeredness beneath a handsome figure who is logged into his class background and behavior patterns allowing little room for natural love and responsiveness. While Lady Chatterley holds firmly at first to her devotion to her husband she cannot withstand the raw sensuality of Nicholas Clay as the gardner on the estate. Nicholas Clay likes to show his butt and I am reminded of another film, "Evil Under The Sun" where he tittilates the viewer with his rather voluptuous posterior while walking on the beach. This aside, he more than captures the "real world" personality of his class and attitudes juxtaposed with Lord Chatterley's strict upperclass ones. I felt the "eye brows" of Lord Chatterley were a bit "over stated" in make up and this had the effect giving him a drama queen demeanor and somehow a little "campy." But all in all I thoroughly enjoyed the film for its showing nudity where nudity seemed perfectly called for without teasing and overly gauzy effects which is sometimes such a bore . Maybe the film is not what one would call a "religious experience" but why should all films be that anyway. It is beautifully filmed and the production values are first rate and it makes a sometimes complicated story line believable without too much contempt for the viewer, especially with D. H. Lawrence's reputation. Above all I felt it captured the anguish and fear which contibute to decisions that drastically alter the people that make them.
And I like looking a Nicholas Clay's butt.
Movie Review: Magnificent portrayal with suberb acting and a full range of emotions.
Summary: 5 Stars
Slyvia Kristel, wife of the disabled Lord who after a war injury is not able to have sex is devoted but restless. Lord suggests she take a lover.
Very needing love, she sees a farm hand washing himself fully naked and
has an organism being so struck. Later on they formally meet and start having regular encounters. Lord, seeing his wife less interested engages a medical therapist who becomes his dear friend and adoring companion.
Catching her after their first night together, he sends Kristel abroad
and fires her lover. Greatly lonely and in despair, she returns only to learn of the dismissal. Pregnant, she defies the lord, gives up her
position and finds her lover far off working at a dirty factory. They unite. Lord embraces his companion and closes the door on Krystal.
The nudity and love making enhance the movie and make it much more
realistic. The scenery is breath-taking and the sound track appropriate.
I am going to see the new Hands version and try to compare the two. Krystel's beauty is heavenly and spunk admirable. Excellent acting.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED..
Movie Review: Nicely done.
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a D.H. Lawrence fan, but I purposely didn't re-read the book just before seeing this, because I wanted to judge the film on its own merits. I was a bit unsure about the role being handed to Sylvia Kristel, but she showed she's more than just Emmanuelle eye candy; she can actually act, and the movie comes across very well as literature-with-small-L as well as erotica. Highly recommended.Movie Review: Splendid !!
Summary: 5 Stars
A previous reviewer liked the movie but not the editing. Obviously he knows a bit more about movies. I think Lady Chatterley's Lover is splendid and does justice to the classic English novel by D.H. Lawrence. The acting is on the mark and passions well conveyed. If you need an erotic movie to entice new love into bed this is a clear ulternative to outright pornography.Movie Review: He was a man of is own
Summary: 5 Stars
First read the original book in the 70s and now saw the movie in the 80s. Bought the DVD and the book again and it still has a hold of me. It ...to me is one of the most rewarding movies to watch and to read the book is a pleasure and as age it has matured like good wine. DH Lawrence I salute you