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(1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1   3/4 "...had the characterizations even came close to matching the film's fabulous narrative structure, then we could have been dealing with a real winner here."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes C "Since the film let go of the author's poetry and built no suspense for its mystery, all that's left are a few odd romantic moments alone with the Victorians..."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "A literate, delicately woven romantic drama that plays itself out more as a book would than a movie."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 2.5/4 "Its otherwise potent historical discourse is rendered mute by the slightness of LaBute's romantic breath."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez D "A shockingly horrid effort from acclaimed writer-director Neil LaBute, who does much better work when his characters spend their time being nasty to each other."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov B+ "A lovely film...elegant, witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic...hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source's complexity."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "This ambitious film about yearning registers on the senses and offers some interesting insights into sexual politics in different eras."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "Compelling material, especially for those who believe that the lives and loves of the dead can impact the trajectory of the existences of the living."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3.5/4 "a film in which poetry and romanticism are celebrated and cherished"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 7/10 "Can satisfy one's desire to experience a decent love story."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen D "As directed by Neil LaBute, there's no visual enchantment to accompany the heightened prose."   Matinee Magazine   Jeremiah Kipp 1.5/5 "While it might make a charming book-on-tape for the Oprah crowd, this 'love loves to love love' hokum masquerades as a real movie."   Filmcritic.com   Jeremiah Kipp 7/10 "LaBute has fashioned an engaging romantic drama -- but without his usual venomous behavioral qualities - that becomes increasingly better as it unfolds across parallel time lines and love affairs."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 4.5/5 ""There are things that happen and leave no discernible trace, are not spoken or written of?" and this is Life. Lovely."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B- ""Possession" weaves together two love stories, a mystery and a satire, but only two of its four strands take hold."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "There’s no denying the film’s intelligence and heady appeal."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "Utterly compelling and devastatingly romantic and I didn’t ever want it to end."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2.5/4 "In adapting A.S. Byatt's romance novel, Neil LaBute is definitely making a stretch--and, sadly, the strain shows."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3/5 "This has been done before, but it works really well here."   Goatdog's Movies   Michael W. Phillips, Jr. 3/4 "LaBute effortlessly glides back and forth between the period part of the story and the modern day part, connecting them instead of making them seem distant."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 4/5 "There are vestiges of the novel's themes of love, honor, risk, emotional and intellectual precision, but what remains is a just a nice date movie."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 4/5 "A film like this rides on the quality of the acting, and the Brits -- Northam and Ehle -- invest their forbidden love with centuries of fine repressed English tradition."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B+ "Both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "Both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "A stuffy film disguised as a romance/ thriller/ Nancy Drew-Hardy Boys team-up."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell 7/10 "The most romantic film of the summer, it's an opulent courtship saga that spans the centuries."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 1/4 "A miserable bit of landscape pornography bound to a somehow more miserable pair of sweaty romances."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf 8/10 Read review   Modamag.com   Brian Orndorf B- Read review   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 Read review   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes Read review   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline  (1 - 33) of 33 OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh Page   1