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Iris (2001)
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Reviews Counted:108
Fresh:85
Rotten:23
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: A solidly constructed drama, Iris is greatly elevated by the strength of its four lead performances.
Theatrical Release:Dec 14, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $5,372,026
Synopsis: Based on the book ELEGY FOR IRIS, by John Bayley, this biopic tells the inspiring and heartbreaking story of the writer's 40-year romance with English novelist Dame Iris Murdoch. The film cuts back... [More]
Starring: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville
Director: Richard Eyre
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Reviews for Iris
Broadbent ... gives the performance of his career as John, Iris' loving husband.
12/14/01
Si han amado a alguien de tal modo que duele el hacerlo, esta es la cinta que deben ver.
05/12/02
The brief running time and clinical atmosphere undermine the potentially poignant meditations.
01/25/02
Kate Winslet as the younger Iris Murdoch and Judi Dench as the older version manage to bring the literary lioness to vibrant life.
01/03/02
Top CriticNot just a fitting document of a life brilliantly lived but a vibrant, almost palpitating piece of cinema.
02/15/02
As sad as it is to watch the inexorable decline of a brilliant mind, Iris is warm and positive...
12/19/01
you almost get the feeling she copulated with the lads to get nearer their minds and with the gals for the sheer fun of it.
03/14/02
A moving, terribly sad, yet uplifting film that is carried to success by three wonderfully sensitive performances
02/22/02
Demonstrates the catastrophe of disintegration by putting us first in the full thrall of the character's intellect.
02/14/02
Top CriticAs the story of heroic response to tragic illness, Iris is the kind of film often cynically pegged a 'disease of the week' movie. But unlike such formulaic TV productions, Iris' heroine is denied the capacity to be inspiring.
02/15/02
Top CriticBecause the performances are so powerful, one nearly forgets that in its vaulting between the '50s and '90s, Iris is a story with a beginning and end but without a middle.
02/15/02
Top CriticDench and Broadbent in their scenes together are a painful and loving duet, creating as moving a portrait of marriage as anything the movies have afforded in recent memory.
12/15/01
Despite the sad denouement, it's still the love story of the year.
12/14/01
A magnificent story about the enduring bond between two eccentric, astounding souls who somehow managed to find each other and hold on for dear life.
02/15/02
Especially moving because it downplays the weepy nonsense, focusing instead on her literary spiritedness and the steadfast love of her husband.
12/13/01
[Winslet] is so utterly, fearlessly winning that she peels the arrogance off Iris, makes her shine with life strength.
03/01/02
Scrupulously intelligent and handsomely filmed.
01/08/02
...Iris isn't necessarily an enjoyable piece of work, though it's certainly interesting...
11/25/06
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