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Winter's Tale

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Winter's Tale

PG-13

Released Feb 14, 2014

1h 58m

Fantasy

Romance

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One night in early 20th-century New York, master thief Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) breaks into a Central Park mansion -- and quickly has his heart stolen by its occupant, Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay). Unfortunately, their love is star-crossed; she is dying from consumption, and he is marked for death by his demonic former mentor, Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe). Peter battles the forces of time and darkness to save Beverly, even as Pearly does everything in his power to defeat Peter.

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Critics Consensus

Winter's Tale tries to retain the grandiose sweep of its source novel, but fails to fill it in with characters worth rooting for or a sensible plot.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

A fine book fights gallantly to escape from its straitjacket, but eventually lies down and allows itself to be trampled underfoot by bad ideas.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 28, 2014

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

Findlay narrates in huge chunks of religiose voice-over. "Nothing has been without purpose - nothing," she concludes. Well, perhaps not nothing.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 23, 2014

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

The introductory voice-over... generously still gives you time to dash back to the foyer and demand your money back to watch something less stomach-churning - like escalators going up and down.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 21, 2014

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

[Unfortunately,] Winter's Tale falls very flat, and unless you are watching it for the actors, don't pay money for this movie.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 9, 2021

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Nathalia Aryani

The MovieMaven

The film would have been much better off sticking with an eternal love story or having the protagonist fulfill his future destiny that is connected to his past. Winter's Talefeels distant and disconnected. It should have been magical.

May 30, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

A frustrating movie. It overly complicates a boy-from-the-wrong- side-of-the-tracks-meets-rich-girl story with a bunch of hocus pocus that wastes some good work from Farrell, Findlay and Russell Crowe.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Rhyan D

I've never read the book. But I really love this movie. It's a beautiful love story blended with fantasy and a sense of wonder. Perfect!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/14/25

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Steven P

If not the absolute WORST film adaptation of a novel ever commited to film, it's gotta be among the bottom five. A grotesque misrepresentation, and a horrendous dumbing down, of both the book's themes and its sensse of wonder. Stay far, far away.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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Kent M

I loved it. If you love romance and fantasy, ignore the cynicism of the critics. It's just a beautiful story about the power of hope and true love and the triumph of good over evil.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Kathryn V

A really good fairy tale like movie. I'm going to watch it again. Dont understand the low scores.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/02/24

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Luigi T

A sweet little movie. Suspend the cynical and critical and just enjoy an old-fashioned magical love story. The villain is pure evil and the hero is, well, Colin Farrell is truly at his 'hunkiest.' With popcorn on a cold fall night my family loved it.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Audience Member

Colin Farrell looks like he’s struggling to stay sober throughout the boring dialogue

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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Akiva Goldsman

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Colin Farrell

Peter Lake

Jessica Brown Findlay

Beverly Penn

Russell Crowe

Pearly Soames

Jennifer Connelly

Virginia Gamely

William Hurt

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Synopsis

One night in early 20th-century New York, master thief Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) breaks into a Central Park mansion -- and quickly has his heart stolen by its occupant, Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay). Unfortunately, their love is star-crossed; she is dying from consumption, and he is marked for death by his demonic former mentor, Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe). Peter battles the forces of time and darkness to save Beverly, even as Pearly does everything in his power to defeat Peter.

Director: Akiva Goldsman
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Marc Platt, Michael Tadross, Tony Allard
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Weed Road Pictures, Marc Platt Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Some Sensuality)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.6M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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