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Shadowlands (1993)

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Reviews Counted:28

Fresh:27

Rotten:1

Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 13 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: C.S. "Jack" Lewis, a respected Oxford professor of literature, lives a solitary existence as a middle-aged bachelor. His writings have won the admiration of Joy Gresham, an American poet recovering... C.S. "Jack" Lewis, a respected Oxford professor of literature, lives a solitary existence as a middle-aged bachelor. His writings have won the admiration of Joy Gresham, an American poet recovering from a broken marriage, for whom Lewis is a paragon of literary brilliance and an inspiration. Though Lewis and Gresham have corresponded for years by mail, they never meet until Joy decides, on the spur of the moment, to take her son on a trip to England. Finally, she'll get an opportunity to meet the erudite scholar. Though their initial encounters are fettered by British upper-class social strictures and proper etiquette, Joy gradually breaks through Lewis's reserve, and the two develop a closeness that blooms into a joy-filled romance. [More]

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Edward Hardwicke

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Edward Hardwicke

Director: Richard Attenborough

Director: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Richard Attenborough, Brian Eastman
Screenwriter: William Nicholson
Composer: George Fenton

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Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
10/29/08
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

Biting down on his pipe, his shirt collar permanently askew, Hopkins assays another concerted study in English repression -- a condition unexpectedly relieved by Winger's brash intelligence and brittle wit.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

Superlative acting by Hopkins and Winger elevates this fictionalized late-in-life romance between the repressed British scholar and writer C.S. Lewis and the American Jewish housewife-poet who introduces him to sex and rejuvenates his life.

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11/30/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

This is the biggest tear-jerker you could ever see.

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11/06/05
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

No review available.

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10/07/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy

No review available.

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05/06/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

No review available.

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04/24/04
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Really Touching stuff. Performances get no better

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11/18/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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09/27/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Here is Mr. Hopkins giving an amazingly versatile and moving performance, shifting the light in those knowing blue eyes to reveal endless shadings between delight and sorrow.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/20/03
Marc Vincenti
Marc Vincenti
Palo Alto Weekly

No review available.

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11/07/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Glossy and effective, but not as good as the Joss Ackland version.

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10/22/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Anthony Hopkins gives one of his best performances (there are so many) in this film.

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
08/21/02
Marty Mapes
Marty Mapes
Movie Habit

A deeply personal and moving love story filled with many moments of beauty, joy and healing.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/20/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

A great weepy for people of all sexes

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07/26/02
David Poland
David Poland
Hot Button

No review available.

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07/25/02
Jeffrey Bruner
Jeffrey Bruner
Des Moines Register

Debra Winger is engaging and Anthony Hopkins is bloody marvelous.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline

Anthony Hopkins just gets better and better as a film actor.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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