The Rainbow
The Rainbow

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Ken Russell's loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to marry her. Unable to accept a future of domesticity, she continues in a search for her destiny.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Rainbow:

Sammi Davis
Paul McGann
Amanda Donohoe
Christopher Gable
David Hemmings
Glenda Jackson

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Ken Russell's loose adaptation of the last part of D.H. Lawrence's "The Rainbow" sees impulsive young Ursula coming of age in pastoral England around the time of the Boer War. While experiencing disillusionment in her first career attempt (teaching), she has an affair with a young Army officer, who wants to marry her. Unable to accept a future of domesticity, she continues in a search for her destiny.

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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) - 9/10 by Ken HankeA very good, visually stunning film with undeniable flashes of genius. Looked at as a series of scenes it's perhaps as good as anything he ever made.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzOver-simplified, lackluster and cliche-ridden coming-of-age romantic drama that's based on the 1915 novel by D. H. Lawrence.
Variety - 4/10 by Variety StaffDavis, who came to the fore as the man-hungry teenager in Hope and Glory, throws herself into Ursula with all the physical and emotional energy she can muster. Donohoe is absolutely on the money as the liberated Winifred.
User Review - 10/10 by Toni Swell umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch............its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that sammi davis, amanda donohoe, glenda jackson, paul mcgann play good roles/parts throughout this movie....i think that the director of this drama/adaption/romance movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie....i think that this is a good romance movie 2 watch its got a good cast throughout this movie...this is a good romance/drama movie 2 watch
User Review - 8/10 by Jenna II wasn't expecting this to be such an excellent movie! Perhaps it's bogged down by Ken Russell being the director but only in the sense that people's expectations seem to be kinda all over the map. It's definitely more Merchant/Ivory than Lisztomania, but honestly so is Women In Love so I'm a little confused as to why people would be let down by him doing another DH Lawrence relatively straight? It's shot rather beautifully, with plenty of Russell moments both in the camera work and the set design. Makes me wonder if what people are really grumbling about is the focus of the plot, in which case I say: fie! This is such a glorious feminist film. A woman who, gasp, dares to think there's more in life for her than just settling for a man who loves her but expects her to still conform to the barefoot wife at home once she's married. Ursula is a complex and layered character, with an innocence and idealism that all at once drives her to accept new experiences and never settle for the bad ones. Ignoring the semi-abrupt actual last minute of the film, I really appreciated the end of the film which, while sad in some ways, shows that her spirit truly is more important than anything else - it's the type of ending women simply are never granted!! Men do it all the damn time - self sacrificing for the greater good while the director nods in approval - so while not the most original or satisfying ending, it was just so refreshing to see it happen here with Ursula. Ken Russell does it again, king of filmmaking. Also bonus lol seeing Dr Who naked, Downton Abbey's Mr Carson beating children and David Hemmings looking like a much-older-than-he-was-but-still-dignified senior citizen. Also just Glenda Jackson always forever.
User Review - 8/10 by Stuart K20 years after the release of Women of Love (1969), which had put Ken Russell on the map as a director, and won Glenda Jackson an Oscar. Russell returned to D.H. Lawrence's work, and took on his 1915 book, (published 5 years before Women in Love), The Rainbow. It is a very good film, with some good performances and visually amazing with it's locations and oddities we've all come to expect from Ken. :P It focuses on the young life of Ursula Brangwen (Sammi Davis), who lives with her father Will (Christopher Gable) and mother Anna (Glenda Jackson, playing the mother of the character she played in Women in Love) and her brothers and sisters. Ursula is courting soldier Anton Skrebensky (Paul McGann) and she has a lesbian love affair with her teacher Winifred Inger (Amanda Donohoe), who eventually marries Ursula's Uncle Henry (David Hemmings). Ursula gets a job as a schoolteacher, but finds misery from the schoolkids and headmaster (Jim Carter). It's good that Ken returned to do this as a prequel to the film that made him a household name, in terms of story and structure, it's not as good as Women in Love, but there's good performances on display here, (Davis is wonderful, as is Donohoe), and typical of Ken, there's alot of nudity on display!! :P
User Review - 8/10 by Private UA major fav. Read the DH Lawrence classic novel first. Also, see WOMEN IN LOVE. Luv KR & GJ always.
User Review - 6/10 by Paul DCharming period drama adaptation smartly capturing innocence and its corruption.
User Review - 6/10 by Pamela OKen Russell is always interesting. Even when the 80's meant bizarre appreciation for amateur acting and cinematic styles. (camp aesthetics?) This is bit too much to bear. But I enjoyed it's badness.
User Review - 6/10 by Ruth GGirl meets predatory PE teacher, who marries the girls uncle? Yup, it must be a DH Lawrence story. The characters are what make this film so watchable - Jim Carter as the sadistic schoolteacher, Dudley Sutton as the artist, Amanda Donohoe as the PE teacher... The pace slows down once Paul Mc Gann's drippy soldier appears on the scene. Russell's direction can be a little bit schlocky at times: in the sex scene between Ursula and her soldier, horror-movie music swells as the couple's moans are intercut with images of the full moon, for example. And as for Glenda Jackson, her 'foot o' the stairs' accent was reminiscent of the Monty Python 'Coal Miner' sketch.

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