Possession
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Movie Reviews of Possession
Movie Review: Almost as good as the book
Summary: 5 Stars
I loved A.S. Byatts's novel so I almost loved this film. I still give it a 5 because it was so well done. I really didn't think they could get the essence of this Romance ( meaning fiction). I imagine that many will not like this movie because there is quite a bit of pre-knowledge required such as an appreciation of Victorian society and the literature of the time. The acting is very good: Paltrow and Eckhart very believable and Jeremy Northam is gorgeous as usual. The excellence of Byatt's writing, her turn of phrase for the 19th century letters and poetry is so good that I just knew I would be disappointed in the movie but I actually thought it very well done. Not a movie for everyone though.Movie Review: Hopelessly Romantic
Summary: 5 Stars
I would also like to express an opinion contrary to the majority I saw listed here. I think this is a beautifully filmed movie, with the English countryside almost existing as a supporting character. I think both the modern and the Victorian romances were played exquisitely by the characters. Gwyneth's potrayal of Maude was exactly as it should have been and she was incredibly believeable in being aloof and guarded and scared to love. I think the true jewel of the story is the Victorian romance. Both actors did a fantastic job potraying the harshness of a love affair in Victorian times. All in all a must see movie!Movie Review: Impossible to do justice to the Byatt novel - still 5 stars
Summary: 5 Stars
OK the movie isn't the novel but then very very few films are.This is not slowly paced as some other reviewers relate, merely
more is going on 'between the ears'. It will be important to
actually WATCH the movie. CAREFULLY. If you felt that '84
Charring Cross Road' was not a good movie, do yourself a favor
and skip this one too. I havent enjoyed myself this much
since 'The Contender'. I was happy to get the DVD since it this
never played in my home state, and frankly that's their loss.
A. S. Byatt is an extremely good writer and so I recommend the
book as well.
Movie Review: Possession
Summary: 5 Stars
Neil Labute's well directed film possesion exlpores the lives of two literary scholars as they seek find a link between two victorian poets randolph ash and cristabelle lamotte and letters found in the london library that would lead the the two main charecters maud bailey (paltrow) and roland mitchell(eckhart) to speculate over any truth and to seek out any concrete proof to the supposed affair between the two victorian poets , as this obesession grow's to find the truth the two main charecters become romanticaly involved as they become more and more consumed by the past the present engulfs them in passionMovie Review: GOOD MIX OF HISTORICAL AND MODERN FICTION
Summary: 5 Stars
A. S. Byatt won the Booker Prize for writing this novel. It, and the movie, are hard to characterize. Fiction, yes. Historical? Sort of, if fictional characters of Victorian England count. Beautiful scenes of England. A Yank that is not a total jerk (a novelty in modern British art). Believable acting. A predictable story. Yet, a compelling and very, very enjoyable movie for Anglophiles, romantics, ghost-story buffs, and obsessive movie-goers. I will watch this many times and I am reading Byatt's novel! She is brillant! A great Amazon purchase!