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The Aspern Papers

Play trailer 2:02 Poster for The Aspern Papers R 2019 1h 31m Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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In 19th-century Venice, Italy, ambitious editor Morton Vint tries to get his hands on poet Jeffrey Aspern's romantic letters to Juliana Bordereau -- his beautiful muse and lover.

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) 09/14/2019
This isn't very good but for the Redgrave family... They just eat the scenery. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny RogerEbert.com 01/11/2019
1.5/4
[A] peculiar and ineffectual film. Go to Full Review
Thelma Adams AARP Movies for Grownups 01/11/2019
3/5
The drama features opulent production design (the floral arrangements!), providing ample eye candy for fans of period movies. Go to Full Review
Hagan Osborne FILMINK (Australia) 04/01/2021
8/20
...a woefully melodramatic and ill-conceived tale of obsession that fails to boil past a simmer. Go to Full Review
Natasha Alvar MovieBabble 03/07/2021
C+
I will applaud the movie on one thing; it has made me want to read the book again. Henry James, here I come. Go to Full Review
Diana Mangas Los Interrogantes 01/03/2021
4/10
Its greatest burden will be its terrible direction of actors that will only get each of its three protagonists to do what they consider appropriate with the character they have in hand. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Gail T 09/27/2024 Started out slow, but the pace picked up and the story got more interesting. Joley Richardson was perfectly cast and the other actors supported her well. See more 07/04/2022 *spoilers-kinda* Nothing much really happens. I kept waiting for something to happen and it never did. They didn't really explain what happened to them all those years ago. Was he stabbed? Why? Was he robbed? Was Tina really his illegitimate child that she had told him had died out of vengeance because he fell in love with the other guy? So much unanswered. Also, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, I never get why people say he is such a great actor. I'm not sure the man showed more that one or 2 expressions on his face in the whole movie. Usually just stone straight expressionless. And his voice is a little grating without the hinky American accent. I think he is best at just strutting around and entering a room really fast in a huff. I don't know how he made a career out of that. I guess being pretty helps. As always the Redgraves gave a good performance. If you want to watch it go ahead. It's not terrible. It's just not very good either. See more 07/30/2020 The dialogue seemed a bit contrived in certain scenes, but overall good movie based on an old book. I only read short excerpts from the original work by Henry James, but I imagine they tried to stay true to James' words. Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson were great. See more 07/17/2020 Facinating story with lots of undercurrents. J.RMeyers is brilliant like he was on The Tudors. See more Frances H 07/11/2019 Compelling version of the Henry James story with excellent actors who deliver and lushly beautiful art direction. See more 04/09/2019 I thought JRM did a wonderful job but got no credit! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In 19th-century Venice, Italy, ambitious editor Morton Vint tries to get his hands on poet Jeffrey Aspern's romantic letters to Juliana Bordereau -- his beautiful muse and lover.
Director
Julien Landais
Producer
Julien Landais, Gabriela Bacher
Screenwriter
Hannah Bhuiya, Julien Landais, Jean Pavans
Distributor
Cohen Media Group
Production Co
Summerstorm Entertainment, Cohen Media Group
Rating
R (Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 11, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 11, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.3K
Runtime
1h 31m
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