Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 5
Brilliant performances, lush cinematography, and complex storytelling deserve audience's attention.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 14
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 1
Brilliant performances, lush cinematography, and complex storytelling deserve audience's attention.
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Average Rating: 3.7/5
User Ratings: 6,210
Perhaps inspired by the success of biopics like Shine and Amadeus, this film based on a true story -- and a book (entitled A Genius in the Family) -- also focuses on the destructive forces of being a musical genius. Hilary and Jacqueline du Pré are gifted sisters who grow up in England in the 1950s and compete for musical accolades and love. Hilary (Rachel Griffiths) is a talented flutist, but it's her younger sister, Jackie (Breaking the Waves' Emily Watson), who is the musical "genius"
Dec 30, 1998 Wide
Jul 20, 1999
October Films
All Critics (66) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (6) | DVD (8)
The story is told in such a chopped-up way that it often seems pointless and certainly devoid of much-needed editing.
Profound and haunting!
No, it's not a movie about two first ladies married to adulterous husbands.
One of the best films of the year. An emotionally gripping tale about obsession, family and love.
Shows the high price that must be paid by families with a genius in their midst.
Interesting biopic of two musical sisters. I don't follow the world of classical music, so I had never heard of Jackie du Pre. The movie does make you care for her and the waste of her life cut short by MS.
August 24, 2008Super Reviewer
Worthy and cleverly structured biopic of a troubled sole struck down by MS. Emily Watson is excellent as always.
October 10, 2007
Super Reviewer
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