Mrs Dalloway

It's NOT worth seeing. What is the whole point of this story? It's depressing and boring. I don't know what the critics were thinking when they rated it.... Full review

This is a beautiful little film, which portrays the book admirably. When put up against its counterpart in The Hours I think it compares favourably. For sure it is a much smaller film in both stature and actor profiles, but... Full review

Though I haven't read the book, I felt the movie had a lot to offer and should not be so easily dismissed as "boring." Maybe I am biased, I am an ardent fan of Vanessa Redgrave. But the real star... Full review

Marleen Gorliss has pulled off a most successful adaptation of one of Woolf's most diaphanous novels. I'm not a fan of voice-over, but here the device is used discretely and to great effect. The magnificent performances of Redgraves and the... Full review

This period film is rich in character, lush scenery of London and divine costumes. Vanessa Redgrave is simply lovely. I thoroughly enjoyed the building of the story by interchanging flashbacks with current time. The movie encourages one that hasn't read... Full review

Everyone doesn't like everything, so I'm not surprised that some people find the movie of Mrs. Dalloway boring. They probably would find the book boring too. But it's depressing. So they won't agree with some of us who see the... Full review

I enjoyed this movie very much, although I really loved the novel a bit more, but that's always the case it seems. Vanessa Redgrave and Natasha McElhone make a GREAT older/younger version of each other, and Rupert Graves gives a... Full review

While I agree with some of the more perceptive comments made here, I have a few of my own to add. First, the novel on which this film is based is an all-time favorite of mine and I'm happy to... Full review

Kudos go to all who participated in making this wonderful film. Vanessa Redgrave, as usual, is perfect as an aging dowager who settled for the "safe" path in life instead of seeking adventure and taking risks. When her old flame... Full review

Good movie to watch when you are in a thinking mood. I think it would not be a spoiler to know before watching that the young soldier is not ever personally known by Mrs. Dalloway. Yet, there lives are interwoven.... Full review

The film is a showcase for Redgrave, whose inner beauty overflows throughout. Because its a contemplative film, I found the feature really interesting the subject matter and the people involved. ... Full Review

MRS DALLOWAY SYNOPSIS: In the summer of 1923, during the course of a single June day, Clarissa Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave), a fashionable hostess, confronts the decisions she made as a vibrant young woman thirty years before. The film is a showcase for Redgrave, whose inner beauty overflows throughout. ... Full Review

Since the structuring of the story was needlessly drawn out and unnecessary, I didn't grow to care about any of the characters, and at the end, when "Mrs. And the way that another story involving a shell-shocked WWI soldier is interwined with the main one felt convoluted and obvious. ... Full Review

While wandering the streets of London later that day, she is startled by the appearance of a shell-shocked war veteran (Rupert Graves), a weird confrontation that makes her wonder if she made the right choices after all. Instead, the problem lies with Woolf, whose complex story structure is virtually impossible to reproduce on the screen. ... Full Review

Because of its strong leading character and female-oriented themes, it's easy to understand why the film held such appeal for an avowed feminist like Gorris. U.S. Distributor: First Look Pictures In 1996, director Marleen Gorris, who hails from the Netherlands, entered the international spotlight when her 1995 feature, Antonia's Line , won the Best Foreign Film Oscar. ... Full Review

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