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Movie Review for Anna Karenina
Movie Review for
Anna Karenina
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Anna Karenina | | |
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12 Reviews total.
Release date: 4/4/1997
Run length: 108 mins.
Categories:
Drama
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Musical/Performing Arts
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Romance
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Adaptation
Summary:
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a doctor must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
Reviews of Anna Karenina
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
Bloodless and shallow adaptation.
By
James Berardinelli
of ReelViews (7/0)
A copy of the paperback book should cost about as much as a movie ticket, and will provide a more...
By
Ruthe Stein
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
When [Anna and Vronsky] first lay eyes on each other at the train station in St. Petersburg, the ...
By
Barbara Shulgasser
of San Francisco Examiner (7/0)
In Sophie Marceau ... [Rose] has a fine young Anna.
By
Stephen Holden
of New York Times (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
This sleek, Cliffs Notes version of a masterpiece is ... glossy and picture perfect on the surfac...
By
Kim Williamson
of Boxoffice Magazine (6/1) No reference
Like its opening, Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is half-successful.
Reviews of Anna Karenina
By
Chris Hicks
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
Marceau and Bean have no chemistry, which is essential to a film like this.
By
Angie Errigo
of Empire Magazine (3/4) No reference
This version manages to be both the most pretentious and anaemic yet.
By
Liz Braun
of Jam! Movies (3/4) No reference
Provided you have a burning interest in pretty visuals and less regard for the whys and wherefore...
By
Kevin Thomas
of Los Angeles Times (3/4) No reference
Only die-hard romantics are likely not to come away disappointed.
By
Matt Easterbrook
of Matt's Movie Reviews (3/4) No reference
Sumptuous cinematography, glorious sets and costumes dominate throughout the film.
By
Stanley Kauffmann
of New Republic (3/4) No reference
[Rose's] screenplay is a ragbag, nothing like a tragedy in which the nemesis is Time. And his cas...
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