Metroland

Based on the novel by Julian Barnes and directed by Philip Saville (Masterpiece Theatre's The Buccaneers, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil miniseries), Metroland is a charming little British movie. It's a character study of Chris, played by Christian Bale... Full review

This film started out good. It got my attention and so I thought I'd like it. But the ending left something to be desired. There really was no point to the movie by the end. I felt empty because nothing was... Full review

I agree with all the posts about what this movie was about -- a man evaluating his present life. But what made this film so good to me was the fantastic acting by Christian Bale and Emily Watson who portrayed their... Full review

Metroland is true to the midlife crisis, except between two people who haven't quite reached that stage of their lives yet. Christian Bale plays an Englishman who begins to reminisce about his past in the mid and late '60s when an... Full review

"Metroland" should appeal to boomers, particularly ones who now find themselves in the suburbs and/or with families. (It did not appeal to the two senior citizen couples next to and in back of me who did not shut up throughout the... Full review

bad bad and worse . no real story and no point to story. acting was poor and could care less about the cast. felt nothing for the storyline and could not finish... Full review

The main character in Metroland embodies the crisis that every one of us has already or will probably go through. "Have we made the right choices in our lives to make ourselves happy?". The movie portrays this character's search for the... Full review

After several years of a happy marriage an old friend from his single years re-appears. The movie then lets us see in flashbacks how the main characters have evolved into an urban "long time married couple." The friend's return creates great... Full review

If you're a guy who had lots of fun in the past, but married now and in your thirties then it's easy to identify with this movie. Christian Bale plays Chris Lloyd, a family man tempted to go back to his... Full review

But their ill-advised pairing is only one of several unbelievable aspects in "Metroland. Instead, you can see them laboring in vain to make their on-screen relationship - and the film - work on some level. ... Full Review

Then into his world drifts a visiting English girl, Marion ( Emily Watson ), who is sensible, cheerful, supportive, reassuring and wholesome. And then there's Marion, played by Emily Watson in a radical departure from her tormented characters in ``Breaking the Waves,'' and ``Hilary and Jackie. ... Full Review

Metroland To order a reprint of this article, please click here . Metroland," which has an evocative score by Mark Knopfler, formerly of Dire Straits, is a handsome film that offers a gratifyingly adult take on the virtues and travails of growing up. ... Full Review

Director Philip Saville (who is best known for his British TV work), working from a script by Adrian Hodges (which, in turn, is based on the novel by Julian Barnes), has crafted a competent, character-based tale, but the issues examined are stale, and Saville is unable to find a way to take the story to a newer, more interesting level. ... Full Review

In this quaint tale of angst in the middle class, Christian Bale and Lee Roos play, Chris and Toni, childhood friends reared in a bourgeois commuter town, that they distastefully refer to as "Metroland. Roos is a mesmerizing force, though it's uncomfortable to take pleasure in his manipulative, self-centered serpent. ... Full Review

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TIMES STAFF WRITER Friday April 9, 1999      "Metroland," a satisfying story of love and marriage told with humor and insight, finds Christian Bale's Chris and Emily Watson's Marion married eight years, living comfortably in a leafy London suburb with a... ... Full Article

METROLAND Rated:NR For movie details, please click here . They say that nostalgia isn't what it used to be, but director Philip Saville might disagree. ... Full Article

"It doesn't matter where you go. Metroland isn't a place. It's a state of mind," an old man on a commuter train, reflecting on his 48 years at the same job, tells a young Chris. ... Full Article