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Movie Info
In this story-within-a-story, Anna (Meryl Streep) is an actress starring opposite Mike (Jeremy Irons) in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious relationships, but the passionate nature of the script leads to an off-camera love affair as well. While attempting to maintain their composure and professionalism, Anna and Mike struggle to come to terms with their infidelity.
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Rating: R
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Genre: Romance
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Original Language: English
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Director: Karel Reisz
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Producer: Leon Clore
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Writer: Harold Pinter
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: United Artists
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Production Co: Juniper Films
Cast & Crew
Meryl Streep
Sarah, Anna

Jeremy Irons
Charles Henry Smithson, Mike

Leo McKern
Dr. Grogan

Hilton McRae
Sam

Emily Morgan
Mary

Charlotte Mitchell
Mrs. Tranter

Lynsey Baxter
Ernestina

Jean Faulds
Cook

Peter Vaughan
Mr. Freeman

Colin Jeavons
Vicar

Liz Smith
Mrs. Fairley

Patience Collier
Mrs. Poulteney

John Barrett
Dairyman

David Warner
Murphy

Alun Armstrong
Grimes

Richard Griffiths
Sir Tom

Anthony Langdon
Asylum Keeper

Edward Duke
Nathaniel

Karel Reisz
Director

Leon Clore
Producer

Harold Pinter
Screenwriter

Carl Davis
Original Music

Fred Francis
Cinematographer

John Bloom
Film Editing

Patsy Pollock
Casting

Assheton Gorton
Production Design

Allan Cameron
Art Director

Norman Dorme
Art Director

Terry Pritchard
Art Director

Ann Mollo
Set Decoration

Tom Rand
Costume Design
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Aug 29, 2013
Meryl Streep does her best in a meandering film. The TV version apparently is shorter but I doubt that it does much to pick up the slow action in an otherwise dull period piece.
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Feb 02, 2011
This film interweaves two two-character dramas: as adulterous actors film a melodrama about a 19th Century adulterous couple, they begin to develop their own off-the-set feelings. As a fan of his stage work and the film <i>The Last Tycoon</i>, I was excited to see more of Harold Pinter's work, but <i>The French Lieutenant's Woman</i> conspicuously lacks Pinter's characteristic pregnant pauses and focus on subtext. Yes, there's is a short scene between Smithson and his servant when we're to understand that the latter is blackmailing the former, but it's hardly as rich as Pinter's stage work. My expectations notwithstanding, the script provides us with precious few compelling scenes. More importantly, for most of the film I was unsure about why these two stories were being juxtaposed. What is this film saying about relationships and adultery? Sometimes it works, sometimes not? It's destructive? Either way, there's not much to sink our teeth into. Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep try their best to wring some meta-textual complexity out of the story, but whereas Roger Ebert sees depth in their performances - he states, "Everything they say and do has another level of meaning, because we know the 'real' relationship between the actors themselves" - I saw actors and characters divorced, separated, as though these were two films that happened to be cut together. Thus, what I think is true of the script is also true of the performances. Overall, the film's attempt to become greater than the sum of its parts only leaves us confused.
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Dec 09, 2010
Extremely well done, slow and deliberate unraveling of two intertwined love stories.
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Aug 19, 2010
Yet again I am plagued with the experiance of rating and reviewing a Meryl Streep film. I suppose the performances were well done, a bit dramatic, but well done. The plot itself was too obvious, and call-able, but it was slightly romantic and sometimes entertaining. I found it went on too long though, though it wasn't much more than two hours it felt like much more. Overall, an okay film that Meryl Streep fans with like, but others might not.
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