
In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees t... (Full plot summary below)
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In Colombia just after the Great War, an old man falls from a ladder; dying, he professes great love for his wife. After the funeral, a man calls on the widow - she dismisses him angrily. Flash back more than 50 years to the day Florentino Ariza, a telegraph boy, falls in love with Fermina Daza, the daughter of a mule trader. Ariza is persistent, writing her constantly, serenading, speaking poetically of love. Her father tries to keep them apart, and then, one day, she sees this love as an illusion. She's soon married to Urbino, a cultured physician, and for years, Ariza carries a torch, finding solace in the arms of women, loving none. After Urbino's fall, are Ariza's hopes delusional?
Leave your thoughts about Love in the Time of Cholera.
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelIt makes us think about what we do for love and whether, in the end, our choices are worth it. |
| FilmStew.comPam GradySaddled with the drama's most laughable bit of dialogue, Bratt sounds exactly like Pepe LePew (an evocation shared by the critic sitting next to me at the screening). |
| Tolucan TimesTony Medley...passed all of my tests with flying colors...thoroughly romantic, even if at 72, Fermina's face (if not her breasts) looks almost exactly as it did at 21. |
| Movie MomNell MinowIn the most incongruous mismatch of literature and movie treatment since Demi Moore in "The Scarlet Letter," a lyrical meditation on love, patience, devotion, loss, betrayal, and fever has been turned into a South American version of a Hugh Grant movie. |
| www.susangranger.comSusan GrangerFantasy-filled and romantic, it's a faithful adaptation, blessed with equal amounts of humor, pathos and compassion. |
| Cinema SignalsJules BrennerArtfully couched in surreal absurdity, its ironies are designed to question the contradictions and weaknesses of entrenched traditions. |
| Village VoiceRobert WilonskyEasily the worst adaptation of a major novel by a Nobel Prize–winning author. Easily. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyMike Newell's version of Gabriel Garcia Marquez highly acclaimed erotic novel is one of his worst films: listless, poorly mounted, badly scripted by Ronald Harwood, and weakly acted, even by such pros as Javier Bardem. |
| Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzWhen it belongs to a character played by Bardem, it's a treat, indeed. |
| ReviewExpress.comDiana SaengerAntonio Pinto's brilliant score accentuates the movie's romantic elements and helps make Love in the Time of Cholera heartfelt, amusing, pleasurable, and quite memorable. |