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The End of the Affair (1999)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:44
Rotten:22
Average Rating:6.6/10
Consensus: Neil Jordan has good direction with solid performances from Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: On a rainy night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix (two-time Oscar® nominee Ralph Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Oscar® nominee Stephen Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah... On a rainy night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix (two-time Oscar® nominee Ralph Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Oscar® nominee Stephen Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Oscar® nominee Julianne Moore), who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed. As the investigation progresses, Bendrix relives his passionate memories of their affair during The Blitz in London. He discovers her diary and reads her account of the affair. It is as different from his as night is from day. He re-enters her life and confronts once more the consuming love they had for each other and the reason for its annihilation. -- © 1999 Columbia Pictures [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea, Ian Hart, Sam Bould, Jason Isaacs, James Bolam, Deborah Findlay
Director: Neil Jordan
Director: Neil Jordan
Screenwriter: Neil Jordan
Producer: Neil Jordan, Stephen Woolley
Composer: Michael Nyman
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Reviews for The End of the Affair
Can anyone fail to recognize this as a fundamental betrayal of the author’s creative vision?
Depicts the way a lapsed Catholic is surprised by grace and a defiant unbeliever is convinced to believe in God.
Not for the blockbuster crowd, but it's a handsome film, and the performers are all good, especially Hart as a not-so-sleuthful private eye.
Jordan, who adapted the Greene novel himself before directing the piece with a fluid grace, cast wisely enough to elevate the material off the page and onto the screen with a kind of elegance that few directors can achieve.
Meant to evoke the echoes of passionate romance, yet all it arouses is a need to take a nap.
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