Mrs. Dalloway

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Alain E @AlainE Aug 28 I must be the intended audience for this movie because I found it perfect. I have not read the book to know if it follows it completely. It is a very insightful examination of a person approaching old age and attempting to take account of her life. There are constant flashbacks that feel completely organic. Redgrave is superb and all the other cast perform very well. Take for example the case of the shell shocked ex soldier. The depiction of his behavior and that of his wife’s and his doctor’s ring absolutely true. Nice color photography. See more 04/05/2019 Vanessa Redgrave can deliver an internal monologue like no one else. See more Fong Kok Hoong F @RT29722865 02/13/2016 This adaptation of Virginia Woolf's signature novel of the same name is a beautiful narrative about the titular matriarch's reflections on her choices made in her younger life one afternoon before her evening party, marred only by a peculiar subplot involving a shell-shocked soldier. See more 09/01/2015 Watched the first half twice as E fell asleep the first time .... actually it's a difficult read turned into a difficult film, so a second look at the opening was a good way to get a handle on the structure and intention. It's well acted and no doubt true to the novel, which was no doubt groundbreaking in its day. It's more about message than character: and it didn't really speak to me from this time and place. The trials and tribulations of posh folk in the Twenties - nope. See more 08/31/2014 I liked "The Hours" better, but this is a good movie. Its set in the period between WWI and WWII, and to me it seems Victorian, so realize that. Understand that it focuses on two people who don't know each other: Septimus a shell shocked veteran, and Clarissa an upper class housewife. Also understand that the movie jumps back and forth between the past and the present of Clarissa's life. If you understand that you will be understand the movie. Kind of a downer, but makes you think about what is important to people. See more 05/18/2013 How to turn one of the greatest pieces of 20th century literature into a boring, stupid TV drama about boring, stupid people. See more Read all reviews

Mrs. Dalloway

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