
The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britain's industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Gerald Crich and Rupert Berkin are best friends who fall in love with a pair of sisters Gudrun, a sculptress and Ursula Brangwen, a schoolteacher. Rupert marries Ursula, Gerald begins a love affair with Gudrun, and the foursome embarks upon a Swiss honeymoon. But the relationships take markedly different directions, as Russell explores the nature of commitment and love. Ru... (Full plot summary below)
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The battle of the sexes and relationships among the elite of Britain's industrial Midlands in the 1920s. Gerald Crich and Rupert Berkin are best friends who fall in love with a pair of sisters Gudrun, a sculptress and Ursula Brangwen, a schoolteacher. Rupert marries Ursula, Gerald begins a love affair with Gudrun, and the foursome embarks upon a Swiss honeymoon. But the relationships take markedly different directions, as Russell explores the nature of commitment and love. Rupert and Ursula learn to give themselves to each other. The more withdrawn Gerald cannot, finally, connect with the demanding and challenging Gudrun.
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| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonThe story occasionally grows choppy and diffuse, yet the visual splendors never fail to take command. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumControversial for its time Ken Russell classic. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt's Russell as restrained as he can be, who has fun delving into the sexual explorations of the author. |
| Village VoiceSimon AbramsBates and Reed's homoerotic sparring would be sexy and shocking in any context. But Women in Love's talkier scenes are more exciting than any screen nudity could be. |
| VogueJanelle OkwoduUnable or perhaps unwilling to rein in the source material's sentiment, [director Ken] Russell created a work defined by its earnestness-something that remains potent nearly 50 years later. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickIf you find your interest waning as the film moves on, it is likely due to exhaustion of trying to generate empathy with characters who constantly evade such connection. So much of the film feels written and performed, but rarely lived. |
| ArtforumMelissa AndersonYet it is to the film's great credit that, in depicting that "puritanical insistence," heterosexuality is revealed to be the most unnatural form of coupling. |
| User ReviewChristopher SThis is one of the reasons of why i love cinema. |
| User ReviewRoche FEs quizas un cliche, pero definitivamente si, esta es la obra maestra de Ken Russell a pesar que peliculas como The Devils y The Music Lovers al final son mas arriesgadas, una de las mejores adaptaciones literarias q se han trasplantado al cine y actuaciones de primera, Glenda Jackson y Alan Bates sobre todo, una de las peliculas claves de finales de los 60'... |
| User ReviewJennifer BGlenda Jackson's perfmormance is amazing "Film versions of great books are expected to be lesser beings than their inspirations, but Ken Russell's adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's masterpiece refuses to obey any rules" |