
This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of discovering the fate of a certain author, a doctor and poet who fought against Portuguese Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.... (Full plot summary below)
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This movie is about aging Swiss Professor Raimund Gregorius (Jeremy Irons) of classical languages who, after a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman, quits his job and travels to Lisbon in the hope of discovering the fate of a certain author, a doctor and poet who fought against Portuguese Dictator Antonio de Oliveira Salazar.
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| The Film StageJared MobarakPersonal emotion may get in the way for dramatic purposes, but these characters seem to always know there was something more important behind it. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThere is plenty of lovely Portuguese scenery along the way, but not much else to recommend this blend of trumped-up mystery and low-key character study. |
| At the Movies (Australia)Margaret PomeranzI think somewhere along the line this is one of those films that you are just going to embrace or step back from and I embraced it. |
| The ListEddie HarrisonWhile deeply unfashionable, Night Train to Lisbon's old-school, historically aware melodrama seduces during some compelling stretches, and reasserts August as a filmmaker of real ability. |
| 3AWJim SchembriJourneyman director Bille August (Pelle the Conqueror; 1998's Les Miserables) has coralled a first-class cast - to fashion a fine tale about reminiscence, revolution, regret and revelation...An arthouse treat. |
| McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreAn old fashioned romantic mystery that benefits from a wizened, much-honored cast and a still-exotic setting. |
| Village VoiceCalum MarshGentle has its charms, and August's vision of the world, archaic though it may willingly be, is appealingly urbane . |
| HeyUGuysStefan PapeAt times Night Train to Lisbon can feel somewhat generic and cliched, but is saved, predominantly, thanks to the credentials of this remarkable, international cast. |
| Radio TimesStephen CartyAn ageing academic embarks on a journey of self-discovery in this old-fashioned European thriller. |
| Canada.comKatherine MonkIf we feel the sandman tugging at our eyelids, chances are there's a significant script or direction problem - and in the case of Night Train to Lisbon, it's a bit of both. |