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

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Audience Member 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. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member A bit slow, but it was worth a watch. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member The excellent interpretations enrich the film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member 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..... Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Quite an intersting ensemble Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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