The Cherry Orchard (2000) - Rotten Tomatoes

The Cherry Orchard (2000)

TOMATOMETER

54%
55%

AUDIENCE SCORE

30%

Critic Consensus: This adaptation of The Cherry Orchard is too tedious to hold interest.

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Movie Info

Renowned Greek filmmaker Michael Cacoyannis wrote and directed this adaptation of the classic final drama by playwright Anton Chekhov, set in 1900. Lyubov Ranevskaya (Charlotte Rampling) left Russia to escape troubling memories of the death of her son. Now her family is riddled with debt and Lyubov and her teenaged daughter Anya (Tushka Bergen) have come home to the family estate, looking for a way to pay their bills. Much to their dismay, the Ranevskayas are forced to sell their land to Lopakhin (Owen Teale), a crude businessman who intends to build a housing development in what was once the family's cherry orchard. The international cast also includes Alan Bates as Lyubov's brother Gaev, Katrin Cartlidge as Lyubov's ward Varya, and Michael Gough and Frances de la Tour as the family's servants. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Cast

Charlotte Rampling
as Lyuba Ranevsky
Alan Bates
as Leonid Gaev
Katrin Cartlidge
as Varya Ranevsky
Owen Teale
as Yermolay Lopakhin
Frances De La Tour
Michael Gough
as Feers
Tushka Bergen
as Anya Ranevsky
Xander Berkeley
Melanie Lynskey
as Dunyasha
Gerard Butler
Andrew Howard
as Peter Trofimov
Ian McNeice
Itzhak Finzi
Simeon Victorov
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Critic Reviews for The Cherry Orchard

All Critics (26) | Top Critics (11)

In capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating, genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills, the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st.

February 24, 2003 | Full Review…
Top Critic

While Cacoyannis' film may not be totally faithful to the master's pen, for literature students and theater lovers, this Cherry Orchard is a rare treat.

September 13, 2002 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Top Critic

Ms. Rampling, still beautiful well into her 50s, has an earth-bound weariness and lively spirit that convey a life fully and tragically lived.

June 20, 2002 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Top Critic

Cacoyannis is perhaps too effective in creating an atmosphere of dust-caked stagnation and labored gentility.

May 31, 2002 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Top Critic

Drags along in a dazed and enervated, drenched-in-the- past numbness.

April 26, 2002 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
Top Critic

Scrupulously acted (in English), visually perfected and skillfully complemented with Tchaikovsky piano music.

April 12, 2002 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
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Audience Reviews for The Cherry Orchard

Charlotte Rampling is a wonderful actress and Alan Bates was a great actor but this adaptation of Chekhov moves at a crawl and just isn't compelling.

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