Sophie's Choice

There's not a better film to cry along with Streep that I'm aware of. Note: If you have the DVD, be sure to watch the film first before watching the excellent 53-minute documentary Death Dreams of Mourning . Pakula's commentary is well done. ... Full Review

Meryl Streep essays another foreign accent in this overwrought melodrama.....MacNicol is charming in an unforgiving role.....Kline overacts wildly;.... ... Full Review

This is a weak release for an excellent film. Because Choice was such a speech-intensive film, the somewhat weak quality of the dialogue was the biggest detriment. Sophie's Choice is one of the best movies ever made. ... Full Review

Ebert wrote that the novel is about the young man's coming to terms with suffering - that angle seems somewhat glazed over here in favor of extended long takes of Streep's face, deathly pale and haunted. The flashback sequences work best, showing Streep as a young Pole trying to survive amidst the turmoil of WWII, but the rest does not - Kline's role, no matter how Styron or Pakula explain it, feels a little gimmicky (his behavior is explained, I just didn't buy it), and the picture moves forward too slowl ... Full Review