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By Don Kaye (124) for Den of Geek (424) on 17 May 2018

The damage done to both Florence and Edward by their respective histories becomes palpable, thanks in no small measure to terrific performances…

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By Sheila O'malley (474) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 17 May 2018

The movie is fairly faithful to the book, and yet so much is lost in the transfer…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 16 May 2018

On Chesil Beach is a beautifully made film that is as difficult to write about as it is to watch, and it is inescapably hard to watch…

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By Anne Cohen (87) for Refinery29 (181) on 16 May 2018

It's a delicate story that would be impossible to adapt for film were it not for the strength of the actors involved…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Time (1,811) on 16 May 2018

The film ends with a syrupy coda that betrays its earlier subtlety. But Ronan and Howle are the keepers of its true spirit…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 16 May 2018

It’s not a bad movie, by any means, but it strains to turn a seriously introspective story into something cinematic…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 16 May 2018

On Chesil Beach is a non-disaster, essentially, until it falls off a cliff…

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By Jamie East (261) for The Sun (UK) (932) on 16 May 2018

I loved it, in all its desperately sad and unnecessary melancholy…

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By Andy Lea (545) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 16 May 2018

Ronan and Howle's wonderfully understated performances keep us watching but it was Mcewan's prose that made this story sing…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 16 May 2018

Director Dominic Cooke is mostly known for his Olivier Award-winning theater work, but Chesil never feels stagey or static…

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By Tim Appelo (178) for AARP Movies for Grownups (302) on 16 May 2018

[A] gorgeously sensitive adaptation... it takes you back to another time…

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By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 16 May 2018

On Chesil Beach is an ambitious film, and it largely works thanks to the exquisitely pitched performances of Ronan and Howle…

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By Simi Horwitz (83) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 May 2018

On Chesil Beach is an almost-perfect film made all the more impressive in light of its seemingly non-transferable source…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 15 May 2018

She's glorious, as she always is. But even Ronan can't totally cut through the academic stuffiness that comes with this posh literary adaptation…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 15 May 2018

The fascination of the film lies in its painstaking observation of the hapless lovers and of the world around them…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 15 May 2018

The great Saoirse Ronan, whose delicate voice here contains a universe of pain, turns in another heartbreaker of a performance in Dominic Cooke's…

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By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 15 May 2018

I haven't read McEwan's book, but now that I've seen the film I want to. Because the film doesn't quite add up, though scripted by the author…

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By Larushka Ivan-Zadeh (441) for Metro (UK) (700) on 15 May 2018

You never really connect with these lovers any more than they connect with each other…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 15 May 2018

Onscreen, On Chesil Beach loses some intensity at the end, as the supple suggestiveness of Mr…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 14 May 2018

It's too bad that the buildup to the film's denouement does not adequately prepare the audience for what should have been an emotional turn…

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