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12/18/02
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
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07/31/02
The overall effect of Uncle Vanya on 42nd Street is that one has just experienced something truly timeless.
01/01/00
Not entirely successful, but undeniably brave.
08/12/08
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
Top CriticA film which reduces Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" to its bare elements: loneliness, wasted lives, romantic hope and despair. To add elaborate sets, costumes and locations to this material would only dilute it.
01/01/00
Top CriticI've never really seen anything like Vanya on 42nd Street.
01/01/00
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
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06/13/05
The drawback, however, is that the actors chew the scenery in true stagecraft fashion, which, on film, induces regular wincing and a wish that they would hand out the valium and take it easy.
08/12/08
Even if you don't get everything there is to get, it's an incredibly unique film worth seeing.
01/01/00
It is not a happy movie, but it is a very thought provoking one.
01/01/00
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04/16/04
A lively and intriguing adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya."
07/30/02
The 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 CriticIt offers a unique viewing at a work in progress.
11/06/07
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05/20/03
It's more than a worthy capper to Malle's brilliant career.
10/04/02
Vanya on 42nd Street is a superior interpretation of a fantastic play, but I couldn't quite shake the conviction that I really should have seen it on 42nd Street.
01/01/00
Amore traditional performance with the same actors would have gotten a higher rating.
01/01/00
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