Anna Karenina
2012, Romance/Drama, 2h 9m
192 Reviews 50,000+ RatingsWhat to know
Joe Wright's energetic adaptation of Tolstoy's classic romance is a bold, visually stylized work -- for both better and worse. Read critic reviews
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Anna Karenina
Vronsky
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Critic Reviews for Anna Karenina
All Critics (192) | Top Critics (66) | Fresh (120) | Rotten (72)
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Wright has said he did not wish to make 'yet another period drama', and he's achieved this, has explored something new, but at an emotional cost.
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It's far from a perfect film, but Anna Karenina should be praised for its attempt to reinvent the wheel of stuffy costume-clad Masterpiece Theater for the big screen.
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The look is gorgeous, of course, but seldom has so much aestheticization served so much heartlessness.
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So can we somehow make a bargain with the film world: no more Anna Kareninas? You're making idiots of yourselves.
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Trying to one-up Tolstoy was always going to be a bad idea, though I wouldn't object to seeing a Bond movie, or Les Miserables, staged in the same way.
February 14, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review… -
Joe Wright uses the theatre and has the actors taking part in a stage production which then moves out into the real world. I think that's done beautifully.
February 14, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
Audience Reviews for Anna Karenina
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Sep 27, 2015Anna Karenina is a great story, and this is an adaptation that gets better each time you see it. At first, it can be a bit confusing, because it is like a musical piece that one has to hear more than once to get the feel of; but a good amount of feeling does go into the film. Kiera Knightly plays a very sympathetic Anna: natural, and not exactly naive, but at the same time does not really know what she is doing as she is pulled about by her "demon". The film looks great and the stage-play motif is brought off magnificently with vital creative spirit. The main downside of the film is that Count Vronsky does not come off as someone worth ruining oneself over (though perhaps others will think different). On the other hand, the scenes between Anna and her husband (played by Jude Law) have very good dramatic tension and draw the film through each act. All-in-all, Anna Karenina is a good film with rewatch value. This is a commercial production, but a very creative and interesting one. My rating is a touch on the high side (relative to what one should expect), but it suits some of my tastes, and I personally enjoyed this film quite a bit.Robert B Super Reviewer
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Oct 20, 2013The film was so so. It was beautifully shot. Great costumes and music score. The pacing was off. I felt like I have seen Keira play this kind of role before in the movie Duchess. Aaron Taylor-Johnson was miscast. The supporting actors were very good. I found them more fascinating than the main two characters. Jude Law is great here. I liked seeing the Pride and Prejudice reunion between Keira and Matthew MacFadyen, Matthew is great here.Sol C Super Reviewer
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Aug 17, 2013I couldn't get into this for some reason. Turned it off after 40 minutes.Ida K Super Reviewer
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May 14, 2013The film looks gorgeous and I loved the idea of setting most of it within a theatre, although I wish Wright had kept his nerve and had no outside shots in the film. The cast are very strong (MacFadyen is especially funny as Anna's brother and Law is very sympathetic as her husband) but the whole thing is let down by a story that edges towards being boring. I applaud the effort but just wish the whole thing had been done with better source material.David S Super Reviewer
Anna Karenina Quotes
| Aleksei Karenin: | Sin has a price, you can be sure of that! |
| Nikolai: | That’s right. The day is coming. I gave up my birthright for it. You’re on the wrong side of history. Not because privilege is immoral but because it’s irrational. |
| Nikolai: | That's right. The day is coming. I gave up my birthright for it. You're on the wrong side of history. Not because privilege is immoral but because it's irrational. |
| Nikolai: | That’s right. The day is coming. I gave up my birthright for it. You’re on the wrong side of history. Not because privilege is immoral but because it’s irrational. |
| Nikolai: | That's right. The day is coming. I gave up my birthright for it. You?re on the wrong side of history. Not because privilege is immoral but because it's irrational. |
| Anna Karenina: | I'd die for my son. But I can't live for him like this. |
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