Review of Far from Heaven (2002) by Katja P — 04 Mar 2008

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This review of Far from Heaven (2002) was written by Katja P on 04 Mar 2008.

Far from Heaven has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for The New York Times (9,847) on 06 Feb 2014

It rediscovers the aching, desiring humanity in a genre -- and a period-- too often subjected to easy parody or ironic appropriation…

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By Art S (1,002) on 08 Jul 2014

Todd Haynes' homage to the films of Douglas Sirk lovingly recreates the 1950s bourgeois milieu (where social norms and pressures to fit in…

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By Ashley A (217) on 07 Apr 2017

This is a meh film. I think melodrama just isn't my thing. I don't really like Cathy. She's too...perfect…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Nov 2016

This brilliantly and comprehensively captures the look, feel, and sound of glamorous 50s tearjerkers like All That Heaven Allows, not to mock…

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By Anthony Lane (1,079) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 25 Jan 2018

If it's ultimately a failure -- and I think it is -- it's still worth seeing, because it's the most ambitious and magnificent failure in recent…

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By Phoebobuffay (4) on 04 Oct 2013

Beautiful, tough and sublime film. Julianne Moore did her best job. This movie warms your heart because every scene is perfect…

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By Mike V (837) on 18 Dec 2015

While accurately portraying 1950s America, this stylish, colourful, excessive, restrained, slow paced and melodramatic movie kept reminding…

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By Robert H (1,967) on 08 Feb 2015

To the outside world, the Whitakers have a perfect 1950s American home-life…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 02 May 2016

For all its accomplishments, Far from Heaven remains hermetic, an elegant exercise in deadpan irony. What does the movie ultimately mean…

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By Johannes J (261) on 20 Oct 2013

While its soap-opera-esque elements and artifice may be laid on a bit too thick for my tastes, with fine performances all around, I'd say Far…

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