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The Wings of the Dove patiently explores class divisions in early 20th century Europe through the well-written and beautifully acted travails of star-crossed lovers.
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Instead of piling on distracting historical details and background, Dove trusts the audience to notice behavioral clues and fill in the blanks. Jan 9, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Instead of piling on distracting historical details and background, Dove trusts the audience to notice behavioral clues and fill in the blanks.
Mike Clark
The Wings of the Dove flies high in a year when a whole lot of mega-buck movies barely got off the ground. It's exquisite -- and very adult -- entertainment. Jan 5, 2018 | Full Review…
The Wings of the Dove flies high in a year when a whole lot of mega-buck movies barely got off the ground. It's exquisite -- and very adult -- entertainment.
Carol Buckland
In The Wings of the Dove, there is a fascination in the way smart people try to figure one another out. The film is acted with great tenderness. If the three central characters had been more forthright, more hedonistic, we wouldn't care nearly as much. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
In The Wings of the Dove, there is a fascination in the way smart people try to figure one another out. The film is acted with great tenderness. If the three central characters had been more forthright, more hedonistic, we wouldn't care nearly as much.
Roger Ebert
The problem is that once you posit an atmosphere of relative lubricity, most of the tension in the story disappears. Who in this movie would care if Kate carried on a torrid affair with Merton Densher? Aug 17, 2018 | Full Review…
The problem is that once you posit an atmosphere of relative lubricity, most of the tension in the story disappears. Who in this movie would care if Kate carried on a torrid affair with Merton Densher?
Louis Menand
All of this intrigue is played out against the most romantic of backgrounds. May 31, 2018 | Full Review…
All of this intrigue is played out against the most romantic of backgrounds.
Malcolm Johnson
The problem is this: We're given no reason to care about these two yearning hearts. Our only evidence of their love is a garish display of hormones. Jan 15, 2005 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
The problem is this: We're given no reason to care about these two yearning hearts. Our only evidence of their love is a garish display of hormones.
Jeffrey Overstreet
Visually stunning? Absolutely! But I found the film's plodding pace relentlessly annoying. May 31, 2003 | Full Review…
Visually stunning? Absolutely! But I found the film's plodding pace relentlessly annoying.
Betty Jo Tucker
This compelling drama reveals the havoc wrought by those who try to control other people's lives. Mar 1, 2002 | Full Review…
This compelling drama reveals the havoc wrought by those who try to control other people's lives.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Simply a film that did not rub me at all, much less the wrong way. Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Simply a film that did not rub me at all, much less the wrong way.
Widgett Walls
Nineteenth-century mores conflict with twentieth-century passions Jan 1, 2000 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Nineteenth-century mores conflict with twentieth-century passions
Carlo Cavagna
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