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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for Variety (12,700) on 30 May 2017

Armstrong and Jones smoothly navigate the magical tale through numerous shocking twists and turns until they bring it to a most logical, emotionally…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Aug 2016

One reason why it disappoints is that it comes across as more the work of screenwriter Laura Jones (An Angel at My Table, The Portrait of a…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 08 May 2015

Richly imagined and resolutely unpredictable, this dark and profoundly optimistic paean to passion -- for glass, for horses, for the thrill…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 16 Jun 2013

Despite some obvious overplotting, Oscar and Lucinda is a mostly effective and often affecting motion picture that touches our hearts while…

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By Tom Meek (408) for Film Threat (5,156) on 04 Oct 2012

There's a lot of talent in this offbeat drama about two odd balls from Down Under, but somehow all the pieces don't quite fit together…

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By Barbara Shulgasser (553) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 07 Jul 2012

While Blanchett glows with intelligence, passion and a quirky kind of beauty, the movie she is in fails her in a number of essential ways…

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By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Apr 2012

The film version is gorgeous to look at and contains amusing performances from Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett in the title roles…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 30 Apr 2010

Here there is a dry wit, generated between the well-balanced performances of Fiennes and Blanchett, who seem quietly delighted to be playing…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 21 Aug 2009

In a sometimes misguided narrative, their scenes together are right on track -- they add lightness, even a shimmering hint of humour, to a…

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By Michael Dequina (1,684) for TheMovieReport.com (1,582) on 30 Mar 2009

Fiennes and Blanchett have a special magic and air of giddy humor about them when they are together…

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By Kevin Thomas (1,201) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 Feb 2008

Its business is to turn sure-thing expectations into a game of chance, and provide us with that rarity--a genuinely eccentric yet deeply insinuating…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 30 Jul 2007

No matter how hard the filmmakers work their narrator (Geoffrey Rush, as Oscar's great-grandson), he can't make the damn thing explicable,…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 23 Dec 2006

Keeping with the spirit of its lead characters, Oscar and Lucinda is a movie best met with a gambler's faith: You may not be certain what it…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 21 Nov 2004

It accumulates weight as it goes along, ultimately becoming as thoughtful and emotionally involving as it is beautiful to behold…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 20 Jun 2004

It exchanges the narrative fluidity of the page for visual composition of such strong beauty that the slowness of the storytelling becomes…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 04 Jan 2004

As to be expected, it's all very beautiful; too bad it's also often annoying, save for a heartbreaking final half-hour…

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By Peter Henne (51) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 01 Jan 2000

Prettiness, yoked to stirring melodramatic material, is simply overburdened with more than it can deliver…

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By Mike Clark (1,024) for USA Today (4,117) on 01 Jan 2000

There's a lack of dramatic focus, and the leads fail to evince any particular chemistry…

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By Elvis Mitchell (489) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Dec 1999

As directed exquisitely by Gillian Armstrong in a headstrong spirit that recalls her debut feature, My Brilliant Career, this elliptical tale…

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By Charles Taylor (365) for Salon.com (2,725) on 27 Oct 1999

Whatever the reason, Oscar and Lucinda winds up feeling like a collection of bits in search of vision and an emotional surge…

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