In nineteenth century England Charles, a paleontologist, is engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna (Meryl Streep) and Mike (Jeremy Irons), who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the movie, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.... (Full plot summary below)
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In nineteenth century England Charles, a paleontologist, is engaged to be married, but who falls in love with outcast Sarah, whose melancholy makes her leave him after a short, but passionate affair. Anna (Meryl Streep) and Mike (Jeremy Irons), who play the characters of Sarah and Charles, go, during the shooting of the movie, through a relationship that runs parallel to that of their characters.
Leave your thoughts about The French Lieutenant's Woman.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe French Lieutenant’s Woman is a beautiful film to look at, and remarkably well-acted. |
| Apollo GuideScott WeinbergIt may be a true "chick flick," but as far as those movies go, you could do a hell of a lot worse. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonA lush period drama that also manages to criticize outmoded patriarchal standards. |
| The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe film's beauty is dazzling. It stands with—or perhaps a little ahead of—Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and Roman Polanski's Tess, but it also must be conceded, quickly and without too stern a reproach, that there is less to The French Lieutenant's Woman than meets the dazzled eye. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenAesthetically beautiful and superbly acted, a sure sign of things to come from the leads. |
| Associated PressBob ThomasThe period drama is richly textured and acted with intensity by Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons and a superior cast. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickIt is ironic that the framing device, which is meant to draw our attention to the constructed nature of it all, doesn't work nearly as well and ultimately fails to derail our enjoyment of that which we're supposed to be questioning. |
| The SpectatorPeter AckroydNothing is left to chance; which means that the responses of the audience aren't left to chance, either. It was as if something were being put over on us. We were in some obscure way, being cheated. The director had reacted for us in advance. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyPlaying a dual (Oscar-nominated) role, Meryl Streep is much more convincing in the contemporay tale. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA gripping psychological study of the war between the sexes that asks the question: Are we happier, wiser, more liberated, than the Victorian characters in the story? |
