| Columbia TriStar Home Video | Release Date: December 7, 2001 | CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION | ||
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Positive:
25
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
The film's biggest strength is the same characteristic that may cause people to underrate it: that the group of friends we watch onscreen feel not like England's greatest actors showing off, but rather a group of friends who have indeed known each other for years through life's little triumphs and large tragedies.
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Wry humor and even a certain sexiness break through the reserve of a rueful, realistic, but finally emotionally rewarding film.
It is remarkably, unsentimentally dramatized by Fred Schepisi, courtesy of the pitch-perfect performances of its ensemble British cast.
If truth be told, the film is less than the sum of its parts; the main problem is the fragmented narrative structure, a legacy of the literary source. Still, it's a joy to see men and women with dense life stories played by powerful actors with long and distinguished careers.
Never quite shrugs off its literary manners. [18 & 25 Feb 2002, p. 200]
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