Possession
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Movie Reviews of Possession
Movie Review: drowning with love....
Summary: 5 Stars
'possession' is the tender trap, a tonic for a lovesick mind.i watched 'possession' time and time again at the cinema; head up, front row. i watch the DVD whenever i can; it is a privelege to be able to own a copy.
since the cast and the screenplay are so fatefully interlinked, i shall say, in my view the casting was superb. jeremy northam has all the qualities of a respectable poet laureate, and the sexual appeal to match that of jennifer ehle, his leading lady.
aaron ekhart, i notice in other reviews, has been much maligned as not being the equal of gwyneth paltrow. i simply dismiss that sort of talk. the point of mr ekhart's character is that he feels inferior, to be looked down on by maud bailey (paltrow) and this is the impression the viewer recieves, from the first images of roland mitchell (ekhart) working studiously, to the dramatic realisation of maud bailey's ancestory.
the film is split across two generations; but they are seamlessly linked. Neil LaBute's film is a triumph, the beauty of which shall be revered for many generations to come.
it is a 'feel-good' film, to make one long for love.
Movie Review: Undiscovered gem
Summary: 5 Stars
A Film I first saw in a little independent cinema in the Somerset city of Bath, expecting nothing, but finding my heart bursting from its seams as the film unfolded.
A young American apprentice (Aaron Eckhart) finds himself amongst the snobbery of English literature circles, struggling for a space in the sun of acknowledgement, when he discovers secret love letters written by a Victorian poet (Jeremy Northam). Our American apprentice teams up with an English scholar (Gwyneth Paltrow), and they find themselves falling in love as the Victorian love story of the poet and his secret lover unfolds.
Possession is a tender and beautiful film: both love stories - modern and Victorian - interwoven and wonderfully performed by Eckhart, Paltrow, Northam and Ehle; its cinematography and costume design painting it beautifully, and finished off in Gabriel Yared's moving score.
It is one of my all time favourites.
Movie Review: Captivating!
Summary: 5 Stars
It seemed that this movie was in and out of the theaters before this gem could find its audience. No doubt it languished in the shadows of some big box-office turkey. This movie is smart, interesting, intriguing, well-acted, well-directed...I could go on and on. I was attracted to it because of Jennifer Ehle and Jeremy Northam (both who can do no wrong in my opinion). I was interested to see how Aaron Eckhart would pull off the role of an intellectual (and he does hold his own quite well) and Gwynneth Paltrow nicely underplays her character.
This is a thinking-person's movie -- as noted by other reviewers, one does need to pay attention as the clues that drive the plot are quietly revealed without much "here's a plot-point" fanfare within the script. The romance of the story stops short of making this a "chick flick" so both men and women will find this interesting and satisfying.
Movie Review: From Booker Prize to Motion Picture
Summary: 5 Stars
Possession was the 1990 Booker Prize that came to screen in 2002's film with Academy Award winner Paltrow. This is a romance that weaves through time the love between a married poet named Ash and a lesbian spinster minor poet Lamott. A chance discovery of letters in the London library send teaching assistant Robert Mitchell through the English countryside in search of proof that there was a connection between the two poets. Joining him is academic feminist Maude Bailey whose a descendant of Lamott who doesn't believe Mitchell at first. The passion is obvious in the flashbacks of Ash and Lamott similar to The French Lt's Woman starring Meryl Streep but there isn't the same level of connection with Maude and Robert. The wild goose chase culminates in some fascinating personal and literary history but it would have been more richer had a similar romantic dilemna fallen upon the modern day scholars.Movie Review: Best movie you didn't see this year
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the best movie of 2002 that absolutely nobody saw. (There were better movies, but they all found their audiences.) The movie follows two stories -- the 19th-century romance between writers Randolph Henry Ashe (Jeremy Northam, "Gosford Park") and Christabel LaMotte (Jennifer Ehle, "Wilde") and the modern-day story of two researchers (Aaron Eckhart, "Erin Brockovich," and Gwynneth Paltrow, "Shakespeare in Love") who are trying to find the truth about them. The two love stories are both really strong and have strange parallels, but are never presented in a confusing or inaccessible manner. Director Neil LaBute (Nurse Betty) told a very hard story in a very powerful way. Eckhart redeems his turn in the pathetically overrated "Erin Brockovich" and Paltrow yet again plays a Brit so convincingly you figure she's never coming back to America. Oh well -- at least she's good at it.