
A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his complacent life and his son. Completely obsessed, he wants to give up his current lifestyle to be with her. She has no intention of allowing him to do this, preferring to have her marriage to the son as a cover. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the ... (Full plot summary below)
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A member of Parliament (Irons) falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée. They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his complacent life and his son. Completely obsessed, he wants to give up his current lifestyle to be with her. She has no intention of allowing him to do this, preferring to have her marriage to the son as a cover. They are eventually discovered, and must deal with the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.
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| NewsweekDavid AnsenIt's to Malle and his gifted company's credit that this posh bodice-ripper often comes close to achieving its tragic ambitions. But the stylish Damage is a lot easier to enjoy if one doesn't feel compelled to take it seriously. |
| The SpectatorVanessa LettsThe worst thing about Damages is David Hare's screenplay. It is constructed mostly out of embarrassingly meaningful looks. |
| Zap2it.comMichael SzymanskiGripping, twisting and worth seeing again. |
| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.Miranda Richardson was the best thing about this film. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt might be well-crafted and well-acted, but it's still an unintentionally laughable film about an older man getting into an attractive younger girl's pants. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyJeremy Irons is miscast in this pseudo-steamy menage a trois, with Juliette Binoche at the center between father and son (Rupert Graves). |
| User ReviewShirley RWhile I fail to completely understand the attraction Anna has for Stephen, and the sex scenes are overdramatic, this is a very well-made and well-directed film. There are some great lines throughout and much depth of both character and plot. |
| User ReviewDavid BNot as good as the book but one of my favorites by far.. |
| User ReviewCarida SI love this film!Twisted and perverse in a very emotionally sensitive sort of way.I always respect the work of Jeremy Irons, but his character here is a bit of a punk with no direction-a respected politician in need of some serious guidance.The work of Juliette Binoche has mostly bored me in the past-although she's a talented actress.Who else could portray such a deeply disturbed woman while keeping such an adequately blank expression on her face, even during intense sex scenes?!Her character here has some of the greatest monologues. |
| User ReviewCeph JJuliette Binoche says, "Damage people are dangerous. They know how to survive." What a great line and theme to illustrate how we can never heal from pyshological pain. Binoche does well with a role that in a thriller would be a femme fatale. We understand her need to be free and be on her own terms but we can't forgive her for seducing her future father-in-law. That's Jeremy Irons who's perfect at playing upper class gentlemen with moral issues much like his Oscar-winning role in "Reversal Of Fortune." Rupert Graves plays the son sweetly. Miranda Richardson is fierce as Ingrid, the neglected wife who's dutifully keeping her marriage and family intact. Leslie Caron shows up as Binoche's mother, like a fortune teller in a thriller, to warn Irons and Binoche about their sex-craved lives; Caron looks good and is a joy to watch. Graves says that "having family roots without passion" is nothing. That's another great theme of the movie. David Hare does a wonderful job with a lean script and I'm an admirer of director Louis Malle. Though we could do with one or two scenes of the Iron's character explaining his personal motives, this is a well made movie worth remembering. |