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Oscar and Lucinda (1997)

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Average Rating: 7.9/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 7 | Rotten: 1

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Australian director Gillian Armstrong directed this Laura Jones adaptation of Peter Carey's 1988 Booker Prize-winning novel. In a lengthy flashback, Oscar Hopkins' great grandson (Geoffrey Rush) narrates the family history that led to his birth. On an Australian farm, Lucinda Leplastrier was tutored by her intelligent mother, a woman who took part in the early feminist movement. Oscar's lonely boyhood in rural England was under the watchful eye of his preacher father. At Oxford to train as a

R, 2 hr. 12 min.

Drama, Romance, Art House & International

Laura Jones

Jan 11, 2005

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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All Critics (54) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (12) | DVD (4)

This is after all a Gillian Anderson picture, which means the film's physical production is just as impressive as its spiritual apsiration; Cate Blanchett, in a role originally intended for Judy Davis, is bound to become a major star

December 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment (1)
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There's a lack of dramatic focus, and the leads fail to evince any particular chemistry.

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
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Fiennes and Blanchett have a special magic and air of giddy humor about them when they are together.

March 31, 2009 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | Comment
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Sloooooooow and ponderous.

March 27, 2008
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jay nixon

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"Oscar and Lucinda" is about two young people, Oscar and Lucinda, who start out on opposite sides of the world in the 19th century. They have a mania in common: gambling. Oscar(Ralph Fiennes, doing a spot-on impression of Juliet Stevenson) is a troubled divinity student at Oxford. One day, a fellow student drags him

June 20, 2005
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Walter M.

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