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By Melanie R (104) on 26 Jun 2013

Annette Benning shines as Julia. It's difficult enough to portray an actress, but then to portray her when she's doing well and also doing poorly…

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By Ariel V (143) on 09 Jun 2013

A bit boring at the beginning, but very powerful towards the ending. Annette Bening: SUPREME…

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By Ker Malkin G (164) on 30 Mar 2013

At first this film did not appeal to me as much as I thought it would, but I ended up really liking it and very much appreciated the shining…

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By Luis O (272) on 28 Mar 2013

Julia Lambert: I've decided to retire and let myself go. I'll have potatoes for lunch and potatoes for dinner and beer. God, I love beer…

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By Bathsheba M (56) on 18 Jan 2013

Pleasant evening watching this DVD. Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons are splendid. The costumes are wonderful…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 03 Jan 2013

It looks handsome but seems infected by the idea of playing different roles; a comedy in one scene, it adopts a mood of a high seriousness…

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By Luke G (692) on 13 Nov 2012

Annette Bening is nothing short of a virtuoso actress. This role as Julia Lambert proves such a statement easily…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 08 Nov 2012

Because I so enjoyed the last 45 minutes, I'm tempted to recommend it…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 05 Nov 2012

Annette Bening plays Julia in a performance that has great verve and energy, and just as well, because the basic material is wheezy melodrama…

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By Kathy P (92) on 17 Aug 2012

I absolutely loved this movie…

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By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 08 Aug 2012

It is echt Maugham, in its somehow flattering cynicism, its character crinkles, its perceptions that sting even though they don't go very deep…

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By Chris Kaltenbach (562) for Baltimore Sun (1,823) on 29 May 2012

Bening's performance makes up for a lot of deficiencies…

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By Jacob S (752) on 15 Jan 2012

Annette Bening is at her most brilliant playing an aging but ever-manipulative stage actress of the 1930s…

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By Frances Ann A (97) on 14 Jan 2012

Wonderful acting to be sure, and Annette Bening in particular truly shines. The story itself is somewhat thin, and not especially inspiring…

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By Nikola S (73) on 07 Dec 2011

What a wonderful movie! There was so much attention to detail in the story, characters, sets, costumes, everything…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 04 Dec 2011

Like a palate-cleansing sherbet in place of an entre…

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By Palaniappa R (8) on 25 Oct 2011

Annette Bening and the other actors make this film so wonderful. Only sometimes in life one feels that it was worth watching a film…

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By Bill Gallo (195) for Dallas Observer (1,128) on 16 May 2011

Maugham's signature wit and tragic colorations are well served by director Istvan Szabo (Mephisto) and screenwriter Ronald Harwood (The Dresser)…

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By Sunil J (740) on 23 Mar 2011

There's no denying Annette Bening can act, she was robbed of a just Oscar win for her fabulous performance in last year's The Kids Are All…

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By Luke H (627) on 17 Feb 2011

Showcase role for Annette Benning in this somewhat frivolous film, she carries the show very well and is the only reason to watch it…

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