The Hours is shameless Academy-bait, unworthy of a nomination in any category outside of, 'Best Makeup.'
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02/09/03
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The Hours (2002)
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Reviews Counted:185
Fresh:149
Rotten:36
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: The movie may be a downer, but it packs an emotional wallop. Some fine acting on display here.
Theatrical Release:Jan 10, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $41,465,765
Synopsis: Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf's classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning... [More]
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Toni Collette
Director: Stephen Daldry
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Reviews for The Hours
Watching this film is not easy, but it is rewarding and thought provoking.
02/09/03
Excellent dramatic storytelling.
02/09/03
This is my kind of film, it's about suicide, insanity, depression, terminal illness, Aids, and lesbianism.
02/04/03
'Imaginative, compelling and soundly perplexing, The Hours resonates with throbbing performances that cast a poignantly redemptive spell on the psyche of every woman looking to starve off that inescapable sensation of inadequacy.'
01/30/03
The Hours is at once a heavily textured, remarkably dense work and a model of simplicity (the story lines are actually deceptively straightforward); this is filmmaking at its best.
01/29/03
The movie cuts back and forth through time, letting these women finish each others sentences, encounters, and fill in the gaps of each others stories in a way that is amazing to see.
01/29/03
Lyrical and surprisingly uplifting -- if you're willing to invest full attention.
01/29/03
You’ll not likely come away from a viewing with a smile on your face, but you will almost certainly come away needing and wanting to talk about the experience.
01/26/03
A poignant meditation on regret, disappointment, getting on with life, and facing those hours.
01/26/03
There are wonderful performances here, but why watch them if by the end you want to slit your own throat.
01/24/03
One of the best films of the year.
01/24/03
...is there a deeper, more direct connection between these women, one that spans time and reveals meaning? You bet there is and it’s what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking.
01/24/03
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01/24/03
Food for thought for anyone who digs on existential narrative and adult, mannered, stylized, well-acted character pieces.
01/24/03
Daldry slices scenes from the three women’s lives and fuses them into one momentous thrust.
01/23/03
The Hours shows that film can surpass the sort of psedo-lyrical prose that tends to win Pulitzers and Pen-Faulkners.
01/22/03
It’s no help that this is a story of privilege.
01/22/03
Never as engrossing as it ought to be, because its stories never really connect. Great noses, though.
01/21/03
Generally well performed and shows many outstanding technical merits (direction and editing notwithstanding), but ultimately, it’s only memorable as a missed opportunity.
01/20/03
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