Onegin
Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: December 17, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A pleasure in all ways. Read full review
90
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Few things are more enthralling than unrequited love, as demonstrated by this drama. Read full review
80
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
A riveting, unsentimental tragedy of unrequited love. Read full review
80
Film.comPeter Brunette
A deliciously romantic story, in all senses of the word. Read full review
80
TimeRichard Schickel
Handsome, well-acted, richly textured adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's novel. Read full review
75
New York PostJonathan Foreman
The pace slackens a little after the first hour, but the photography by Remi Adefarasin and music by Magnus Fiennes keep the emotion stoked. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Fiennes does this sort of inner pain thing exceedingly well, Tyler is beguiling and believable, and there is an edge of wit and grace to the proceedings. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
Hot-blooded. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula Nechak
(Fiennes's) Onegin is clueless to anything other than the sensual world, and is finally more repellent than sympathetic. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Tatyana, the embodiment of a heroine whose still waters run deep, requires more maturity than Tyler as yet possesses. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
A handsome, somewhat draggy and abrupt film that's more memorable in snippets than as a whole. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Despite Fiennes' splendid moodiness and Tyler's radiant vulnerability, despite lovely settings... this movie is dull. Read full review
63
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
There is a cool, mannered elegance to the picture that I like, but it's dead at its center. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeJay Carr
A confident and promising directorial debut, one that has the feel of an experienced director to it, from the hypnotic unfolding of scenes to the finely observed character details. Read full review
60
Film.comRobert Horton
(Tyler's) voice is still mall American, and Onegin's rejection of her is nowhere near as puzzling or as tragic as it's supposed to be. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Would have been a stronger movie if it didn't require a strong cup of coffee going in. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Makes you appreciate opera, or NoDoz. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleEditor
A sumptuous yet unexceptional story. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Overall, this is the kind of thing that gives literary adaptations their bad name. Read full review
40
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Feels too cramped, indoorsy and bloodless to catch romantic fire. Read full review
20
Village VoiceDennis Lim
Unable to capture either its wit, psychological acuity, or formal rigor, the movie essentially reduces the schematic, seesaw narrative to doomy clichés. Read full review
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