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01/13/04
Sommersby (1993)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:13
Rotten:9
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A remake of the French film, "The Return of Martin Guerre" takes place in the post-Civil War south. Sommersby is presumed dead, returning to his family two years after the war's end. But the once... [More]
Starring: Richard Gere, Jodie Foster, James Earl Jones, Bill Pullman
Director: Jon Amiel
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Reviews for Sommersby
The cast is uniformly good, including Gere in the title role. But it's Foster who really glows here, giving her character a sense of depth and innocence that makes the entire unlikely premise more palatable.
01/01/00
If you're looking for a picturesque romance -- with a little intrigue on the side -- you could do worse than Sommersby.
01/01/00
Top CriticA winning and soul-stirring exploration of the spiritual meaning of one man's sacrificial death.
07/12/03
From start to finish, it is a well-crafted film: part love story, part mystery, and all drama.
01/01/00
Top CriticAt least satisfying and often is poignant.
01/01/00
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01/11/07
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03/04/03
It's really an old-fashioned hankie-soaker with Gere and Foster ably jerking tears. An odd yet convincing couple, they won't replace Rhett and Scarlet, and frankly, my dears, who can? But belles wring and bosoms heave in a manner most pleasing.
01/01/00
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07/25/02
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12/27/07
Though there is a near vaccuum at the center of the film, Sommersby is never boring, largely because of Ms. Foster's beautifully self-possessed presence.
05/20/03
Relatively weak popcorn drama.
01/01/00
Lacks whatever magical ingredient there is that makes a film a moving experience and instead settles for being an adequate but not a remarkable achievement.
04/11/04
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07/06/05
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09/29/06
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07/26/04
Sommersby is not a terrible movie, there are just many things about it that aren't quite right.
01/01/00
The story idea is an interesting one, but it doesn't quite pan out in the end. There are too many unanswered questions and unresolved conflicts.
03/23/03
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