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Ethan Frome

Play trailer Poster for Ethan Frome PG Released Mar 12, 1993 1h 39m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A farmer (Liam Neeson) with an invalid wife (Joan Allen) falls in love with her cousin (Patricia Arquette) in snowy Vermont.
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Peter Stack San Francisco Chronicle It's impossible to improve on Edith Wharton's great short novel of thwarted love, but this adaptation directed by John Madden is sensitive to the story's bleak, wintry beauty. Rated: 3/4 Jan 11, 2023 Full Review David Ansen Newsweek No matter how well you know this tale, it still packs a wallop. Mar 31, 2008 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times This is the kind of movie they used to show us in high school English class, where it gave literature a bad name. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jackie Potts Miami Herald Based on Wharton's chilling, Gothic novel of 1911, Ethan Frome is a claustrophobic tale of thwarted love that never quite stirs your compassion. Rated: 2/4 Aug 17, 2021 Full Review Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant Despite the powers of the cast, especially the powerful Ethan and the intense Allen, the drama proves thin and slow as your proverbial molasses in January. May 23, 2018 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 6, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Emily B I had to read the book for class last year and I watched it after I didn't do so well on a test and thought the movie would help with the test. The book was sort of boring and lagging and I didn't expect too much when I was going to watch this. As it turned out it was actually really quite good! I really liked it much better than the book. I give it a 9.5/10. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/25/24 Full Review Steve D Terrible melodrama with good acting. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I absolutely loved this movie. Liam and Patricia were brilliant. So underated!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member I haven't read the book so I'm surveying this lesser-known romantic historical drama from the 90's. The first act does establish things quite well and it meddles with the moral dilemma about a very socially unacceptable love triangle in a rural East coast village amidst winter. Neeson perplexingly turns in somewhat of a one-note performance and I just don't think the screenplay reached the right filmmakers and studio. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member THE ACTING WAS BALLER. I LOVED THE ACTORS. THEY NEED TO MAKE A SEQUEL. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review ashley h Ethan Frome is an excellent film. It is about a new pastor arrives in a stark Vermont village and is intrigued by crippled, misshapen Ethan Frome. Liam Neeson and Tate Donovan give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. John Madden did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and romance. Ethan Frome is a must see. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A farmer (Liam Neeson) with an invalid wife (Joan Allen) falls in love with her cousin (Patricia Arquette) in snowy Vermont.
Director
John Madden
Producer
Stan Wlodkowski
Screenwriter
Richard Nelson
Production Co
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 12, 1993, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$161.4K
Runtime
1h 39m
Sound Mix
Surround
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