Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: December 27, 2006
7.9
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Generally favorable reviews based on 127 Ratings
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DWillyJan 26, 2007
I'm beginning to think that if it comes with an English accent you can automatically tack on an extra thirty points to its Metacritic score (if its about royals, as with "The Queen," fifty). I suppose this might have worked as a black I'm beginning to think that if it comes with an English accent you can automatically tack on an extra thirty points to its Metacritic score (if its about royals, as with "The Queen," fifty). I suppose this might have worked as a black comedy, but even the great Cate Blanchett can't keep the unintended laughter at bay and the skin from crawling as these ever so earnst, little people struggle through their unmotivated lives. Mike Leigh this is not. Expand
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AlexRJan 2, 2007
One of those movies that looks important so people tell themselves it's better than it is. The movie starts out promising but it devolves into nonsense.
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ReidF.Jan 27, 2007
Well-acted, this is a nasty, nonsensical film about vile, cartoonish people whom you never care about.
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PnArdyPnArdyMay 13, 2007
Awful drama with Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett. Blanchett plays a school teacher who has a sexual affair with her 15 year old student. Dench plays an older woman who seeks love and company of a younger one.
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