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By Claudette A (661) on 12 May 2011

At first I didn't know what was going on as the film started as a modern day shoot…

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By Brian C (2,025) on 23 Mar 2011

Barely made it an hour through. With a pairing like Streep and Irons and script by Pinter(!), one expects more from a film... a lot more…

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By Melissa W (349) on 08 Feb 2011

The best parts are when Streep gets to go on a long spiel by herself; she's absolutely incredible…

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By Jim H (1,089) on 02 Feb 2011

This film interweaves two two-character dramas: as adulterous actors film a melodrama about a 19th Century adulterous couple, they begin to…

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By Julie B (345) on 06 Nov 2010

The two love stories that are the link in this film would have been very boring in their own right, but mix the two, the time differences,…

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By Valerie B (79) on 24 Oct 2010

Watched The French Lieutenant's Woman with Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons earlier tonight while making dinner/cleaning up…

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By Liz (293) on 18 Aug 2010

Yet again I am plagued with the experiance of rating and reviewing a Meryl Streep film…

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By Ripö M (410) on 12 Aug 2010

Splendidly mounted production makes a successful adaptation of an unfilmable book. Meryl and Jeremy do their dual roles justice…

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By Scott F (708) on 13 Jul 2010

The book is a classic. And the movie succeeds in what it doesn't try to do, by its not trying to simply mimic the novel…

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By Seth M (390) on 08 Jul 2010

I guess I just don't get it. This is one of those movies that I can't figure out why it was every made…

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By Alec B (1,705) on 14 May 2010

I only wanted to see it because it was shot at Lyme, which is a place I've always loved. The film is boring…

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By Karina H (104) on 15 Mar 2010

The movie was boring, rather than interesting, which was due to the unclear plot and slow events; as for performance, characters were distant,…

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Review of The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

By Julius L (44) on 28 Feb 2010

I thought the contemporary scenes were unnecessary. It did showcase how versatile Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons were…

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By Tom C (719) on 07 Feb 2010

It's good, mostly due to its notion of metafiction, in which both threads of the story are tightly linked, but there are many asinine sections…

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By Grant S (1,780) on 03 Feb 2010

Maybe I wasn't in the right mood, but I found this quite boring…

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By Dickie L (127) on 22 Jan 2010

A complex study of the classic 'forbidden love' theme - the clash between love and society, this superb period drama features the great Meryl…

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By Daniel K (1,478) on 31 Dec 2009

3: I didn't realize until very close to the end of the film exactly why it had this odd mirror structure…

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By Glen B (90) on 15 Dec 2009

Good story, great acting by Jeremy Irons and worth a look if you come across it :)…

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By Adam P (1,180) on 20 Oct 2009

Though this had all the elements needed for a good period romance, it ends up being less than the sum of its parts…

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By Silvia O (89) on 11 Oct 2009

This was quite an interesting movie…

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