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Truly, Madly, Deeply

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Truly, Madly, Deeply

PG

1991

1h 47m

Fantasy

Comedy

Drama

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A cellist (Alan Rickman) returns from the hereafter to a grieving London pianist (Juliet Stevenson) to comfort her.

Critics Consensus

Largely thanks to charming performances from Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson, Truly Madly Deeply is an afterlife romance with infectious spirit.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

This is a beguiling film in more ways than one.

Mar 18, 2008

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Variety Staff

Variety

This sharply scripted study of a bereaved woman who literally wishes her partner back from the grave is an impressive directorial bow by British playwright Anthony Minghella.

Mar 18, 2008

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Time Out

As a metaphor for the experience of bereavement, the conceit is over-extended, though Stevenson almost makes it work.

Feb 9, 2006

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

Blending raw observations with wry humor — and anchored by two leads with genuine chemistry — this is a profoundly moving and rewarding movie.

Rated: 85/100

Jul 28, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Truly, madly, deeply a delicious flying saucer from another world. [Full review in Spanish]

Jan 24, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

A formative marker in Minghella's transition from television to a resounding, if too-short career in film, Truly, Madly, Deeply is an often funny but mostly touching film of rich characterizations.

Rated: 4/4

Mar 11, 2022

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Stacy P

There never has been and never will be another actor like Alan Rickman. And he was a gorgeous man. For those saying he was ugly in this movie, he was made to look disheveled in this role, with that weird mustache. He was beautiful!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/25/24

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Sibyl R

I followed a local critic's advice to see this movie, and found myself one of three people in the theater. Which was good because I cried. And cried. And then cried again. The moment of self-sacrifice revealed at the end was almost too painful to bear. As was Alan Rickman's incantation of the poem, "The Dead Woman."

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/17/24

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Joe P

Dear dear dear Alan Rickman. Gone before his time but we're lucky to be able to partake of his genius here with the wonderful Juliet Stevenson in a stunning story that grips you from start to finish. A love story served upside down and inside out and throughout is incredibly touching.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/03/23

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Robbi W

One of my absolutely all time favourite movies. I've never forgotten it. Sweet, sad and profound but ultimately a celebration of life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/27/23

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Donnette T

Even Alan Rickman couldn't save this treacly and ponderous sniveller.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/08/23

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Nisha Y

The performances seem like they are great, but I don't think the actors themselves were ever truly or madly convinced of the plot, and Stevenson does not look in anyway attracted to Maloney as the new love, no chemistry what so ever. And all the older men crooning over her and how beautiful she is... feels totally contrived. She is beautiful, her way, her being, but she looks odd and androgynous to the point of asexual. I think this film is a good candidate for a remake, and that the remake would be much better.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

A cellist (Alan Rickman) returns from the hereafter to a grieving London pianist (Juliet Stevenson) to comfort her.

Director: Anthony Minghella
Producer: Robert Cooper
Screenwriter: Anthony Minghella
Production Co: BBC Films
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.5M
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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