The French Lieutenant's Woman

United Artists | Release Date: October 16, 1981

6.8	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Ratings

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The3AcademySinsNov 8, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A great period piece with remarkable performances by Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep. While the time shifting and two endings may be confusing at first, the film does make it work. If you are in to period pieces or are a Meryl Streep fan at all, this is definitely worth a watch.… Expand

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TrailesqueOct 9, 2022

This is a flawlessly done "twofor" film. It focuses on a Victorian era romantic drama between a proper but somewhat eccentric young gentleman and a woman with a troubled history, and pairs that with the story of an affair between two actorsThis is a flawlessly done "twofor" film. It focuses on a Victorian era romantic drama between a proper but somewhat eccentric young gentleman and a woman with a troubled history, and pairs that with the story of an affair between two actors playing those parts in a film. Everything about it is right - the sets, the locations, Streep, Irons, Pinter's screenplay adapted from Fowles's novel - it all clicks into place. The climactic revelation is superb - it is unexpected, but in retrospect it makes perfect sense. One could complain that, like a lot of British films, it focuses too much on the issue of class (and gender roles) in British society and how those things undermine a person's individuality, but it does so in the context of an affecting story.… Expand

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