review: the hours
Three thematically linked vignettes, powerful writing, wonderful acting from Kidman, Moore and Streep. All three actresses deserve accolades as leads.
Despite the three kisses that made me shudder, this is a wonderful film, swimming in multiple layers of text and subtext.
Life and death, freedom and incarceration, love and solitude, emotional and intellectual choices - all take a turn onscreen and we are left gasping for air, almost overwhelmed by the visceral realities both abstract and concrete. This is a thinker's piece and a blessed change from much of the inanity I've recently viewed.
You must see this.
Final Rating: The Hours
********1/2 (of 10)
Three thematically linked vignettes, powerful writing, wonderful acting from Kidman, Moore and Streep. All three actresses deserve accolades as leads.
Despite the three kisses that made me shudder
Life and death, freedom and incarceration, love and solitude, emotional and intellectual choices - all take a turn onscreen and we are left gasping for air, almost overwhelmed by the visceral realities both abstract and concrete. This is a thinker's piece and a blessed change from much of the inanity I've recently viewed.
You must see this.
Final Rating: The Hours
********1/2 (of 10)
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