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08/30/02
Possession (2002)
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Reviews Counted:154
Fresh:99
Rotten:55
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Based on Byatt's novel of the same name, Possession is a lovely, literate romance.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $10,058,448
Synopsis: Set in both contemporary and Victorian England, POSSESSION, directed by Neil LaBute, is based on the novel by A.S. Byatt. The tale begins with Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart), a laid-back American... [More]
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle
Director: Neil LaBute, Barry Levinson
Reviews for Possession
61 - 80 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
Top CriticAs a film director, LaBute continues to improve.
08/30/02
When hasn’t a repressed Brit met a candid American and not ended up in bed together by the second act?
08/30/02
You will find Possession a most cozy experience, like a good book with which you can curl up in front of the fireplace.
08/30/02
LaBute’s careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering.
08/30/02
LaBute was more fun when his characters were torturing each other psychologically and talking about their genitals in public.
08/29/02
This is Neil LaBute trying to do Jane Austen, from tone to subject matter to casting. And he's just no good at it.
08/29/02
"An entire film about researchers quietly reading dusty old letters."
08/28/02
Because of LaBute's own inhibitions at opening himself to the story's emotion...Possession never quite functions as an exploration of passion.
08/26/02
Slouching toward Hollywood--LaBute losing ‘Possession’ of himself
08/26/02
This has been done before, but it works really well here.
08/25/02
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08/24/02
Top Critic...had the characterizations even came close to matching the film's fabulous narrative structure, then we could have been dealing with a real winner here.
08/23/02
Taming of the shrewd
08/23/02
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08/23/02
While it might make a charming book-on-tape for the Oprah crowd, this 'love loves to love love' hokum masquerades as a real movie.
08/22/02
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08/21/02
Utterly compelling and devastatingly romantic and I didn’t ever want it to end.
08/21/02
Throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love's brief moment.
08/20/02
This is as respectful a film as Byatt fans could hope for, though lovers of the book may wonder why it's necessary.
08/20/02
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