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Anna Karenina

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Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley), the wife of a Russian imperial minister (Jude Law), creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a dashing cavalry officer in 19th-century St. Petersburg. Anna's husband, Alexei, offers her a difficult choice: Go into exile with Vronsky but never see her young son again, or remain with her family and abide by the rules of discretion. Meanwhile, a farmer named Levin pines for Princess Kitty, who only has eyes for Vronsky.
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Joe Wright's energetic adaptation of Tolstoy's classic romance is a bold, visually stylized work -- for both better and worse.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator 09/01/2018
Wright has said he did not wish to make 'yet another period drama', and he's achieved this, has explored something new, but at an emotional cost. Go to Full Review
Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online 09/07/2017
B-
It's far from a perfect film, but Anna Karenina should be praised for its attempt to reinvent the wheel of stuffy costume-clad Masterpiece Theater for the big screen. Go to Full Review
Graham Fuller Film Comment Magazine 11/05/2013
The look is gorgeous, of course, but seldom has so much aestheticization served so much heartlessness. Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 09/20/2022
2.5/4
While even skilled filmmakers would have trouble adapting Tolstoy’s novel in a straightforward form, Wright attempts a book-to-stage-to-film approach and, for the first time in his career, stretched his considerable talent thin. Go to Full Review
Jason Adams My New Plaid Pants 07/02/2021
The machinery of the music box comes undone in our hands, but the light dancing on the little silver gears is still so beautiful and heartbreaking. Go to Full Review
Joanne Laurier World Socialist Web Site 02/28/2021
The characters, so beautifully drawn by Tolstoy, are severely truncated in the film, functioning as relatively impoverished figures. Go to Full Review
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Marit Risto F Oct 25 Again the old nevrotic split between the lover and the husband. The damnation of passionate women, even if certain "adulterous" men go free. Could have been fabulous if old Lev had been, well, different. Go Anna! Keep rolling your ball See more Tom M Aug 31 If you really want to get into the story and tragedy of Anna Karenina, this is probably not the film for you. Not Hollywood style by any means. It has the brechtian alienation effect. You're watching it all play out, but aware this is a production . Watchable in spite of this. See more Julian Rex M @Julian_M Jun 8 Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's dry performances do little to elevate a truncated and emotionally flat Anna Karenina--a film more content to step through its source materials narrative beats rather than dig deeply into its philosophical underpinnings--but nonetheless, it is difficult to ignore director Joe Wright's arresting creative vision whose visual ambition ultimately outweighs its faults... if only just. See more lillll G May 3 Impossible to watch. The atmosphere, the feelings - just aren't there. If you are trying to adapt a Russian classic novel, understanding the culture is crucial. See more aaron r Apr 22 What a monumental piece of trash, and such an incredible amount of talent wasted. This was a very disgusting deconstructionist approach. it was almost like Joe Wright hates the audience. The music is intentionally unnerving the entire time, but it's beautifully shot, with an amazing cast. Good for stills, and maybe a trailer/teaser. I freaking LOATHE this film. Good artists are going to take vengeance, mark my words. See more Khadidja G Mar 7 Amazing directing but oh my god the plot didn't hit at all. Too much train forshadowing, no chemistry at all between Anna and Vronsky (which is crazy because Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor Johnson are both very attractive people). The side characters were more interesting (Matthew Macfadyen and Domhnall Gleeson outsold) See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley), the wife of a Russian imperial minister (Jude Law), creates a high-society scandal by an affair with Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a dashing cavalry officer in 19th-century St. Petersburg. Anna's husband, Alexei, offers her a difficult choice: Go into exile with Vronsky but never see her young son again, or remain with her family and abide by the rules of discretion. Meanwhile, a farmer named Levin pines for Princess Kitty, who only has eyes for Vronsky.
Director
Joe Wright
Producer
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Paul Webster
Screenwriter
Tom Stoppard
Distributor
Focus Features
Production Co
Working Title Films
Rating
R (Violence|Some Sexuality)
Genre
Romance, History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 14, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$12.8M
Runtime
2h 9m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital
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