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01/26/06
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
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Reviews Counted:31
Fresh:27
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Beautiful performances and the subtle hand of master Louis Malle make this adaptation of Chekov's Uncle Vanya an eccentric presentation of an enduring classic.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: David Mamet wrote the screenplay for this staging of Andre Gregory's play, "Vanya," itself based on Chekhov's masterpiece, "Uncle Vanya." A group of actors enter a theatre on New York's 42nd Street... [More]
Starring: Wallace Shawn, Julianne Moore, George Gaynes, Brooke Smith
Director: Louis Malle
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Reviews for Vanya on 42nd Street
here are moments of considerable power here but this stripped-down rendering gives us something closer to a latterday dysfunctional family than Chekhov's doomed bourgeoisie.
08/12/08
Not entirely successful, but undeniably brave.
08/12/08
No review available.
04/16/04
The performances here are all knockouts, with a perfect ensemble cast, and Malle, using subtle moviemaking technique, keeps things moving so that we hardly realize we are stagebound for nearly two hours.
01/01/00
Even if you don't get everything there is to get, it's an incredibly unique film worth seeing.
01/01/00
No review available.
12/18/02
A lively and intriguing adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya."
07/30/02
No review available.
02/08/04
It offers a unique viewing at a work in progress.
11/06/07
A lovely, intimate rethinking of Anton Chekhov's Russian classic Uncle Vanya.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's more than a worthy capper to Malle's brilliant career.
10/04/02
No review available.
06/13/05
In terms of dramatic action, almost nothing happens, and yet Malle's fluid, invisible style carries us deep into the hearts and minds of these characters.
01/01/00
Top CriticVanya on 42nd Street may be the most innovative and successful straight film adaptation of any play.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe elegant understatement of this production turns it into a livelier experiment, a fluent, gripping version of one of Chekhov's more elusive plays.
05/20/03
Top CriticI've never really seen anything like Vanya on 42nd Street.
01/01/00
Malle adeptly eases us into the play so we can't tell at what precise moment Chekhov takes over, an ambiguity that becomes the film's triumph as well as its key limitation.
08/12/08
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05/20/03
The overall effect of Uncle Vanya on 42nd Street is that one has just experienced something truly timeless.
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