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Between Strangers

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A housewife (Sophia Loren), a famous cellist (Deborah Kara Unger) and a photojournalist (Mira Sorvino) wrestle with painful personal demons.

Critics Reviews

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Sid Adilman Toronto Star 10/04/2002
1/5
Except for heartfelt performances by Sophia Loren and Pete Postlethwaite as her wheelchair-bound husband, Between Strangers is an awful cheat. Go to Full Review
Liam Lacey Globe and Mail 10/04/2002
2/4
Slick little perfumed soap opera. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/23/2005
2/5
Brian Gibson Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Alberta) 12/01/2003
As soft-lit and saccharine as a Sugar Jones video, it tries to pass off sentiment as emotion and artifice as art. Go to Full Review
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 11/22/2003
3.5/5
mildly satisfying Go to Full Review
Mark R. Leeper rec.arts.movies.reviews 12/05/2002
4/10
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Audience Reviews

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08/16/2013 This is one of the most amazing movies I've ever seen! Written and directed by Edoardo Ponti, whose mother, the great Sophia Loren, is one of the lead characters (Loren's character is married to a real a-hole). The stories aren't quite intertwined (until the end) but it all works smoothly and is very moving. And French actor Gerard Depardieu has a small role of a character who is quite helpful to Loren's. See more 05/27/2011 A bit slow, but it was worth a watch. See more 08/23/2010 I don't think I have ever seen such terrible acting from such a star-studded cast! Compounded by a plot as stale as dry toast, this film must be where good acting went and croaked. See more 05/18/2009 The excellent interpretations enrich the film. See more 01/04/2009 A must-see movie: very well directed, telling a lot of troubling messages about being a woman, the feeling of guilt in its many forms, the meaning of our dreams and what happens if we ignore fulfilling them and follow our true calling in life...Great performances by great actors: Sophia Loren, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Mira Sorvino and Deborah Kara Unger..... See more 08/31/2008 Quite an intersting ensemble See more Read all reviews
Between Strangers

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Movie Info

Synopsis A housewife (Sophia Loren), a famous cellist (Deborah Kara Unger) and a photojournalist (Mira Sorvino) wrestle with painful personal demons.
Director
Edoardo Ponti
Producer
Elda Ferri, Gabriella Martinelli, Roberto Pace
Screenwriter
Edoardo Ponti
Production Co
First Look International, Harold Greenberg Fund, Capri Films, Astral Films, Super Ecran, The Movie Network (TMN)
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 4, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 23, 2019
Runtime
1h 35m