Sophie's Choice
8,047
Drama. Romance
The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNicol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend, Polish refugee Sophie Zawistowska (Oscar-winner Meryl Streep). There is something unsettling about the relationship; Nathan is subject to violent mood swings, while Sophie seems to be ... [+]
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United States | The New York Times | "Though it's far from a flawless movie, 'Sophie's Choice' is a unified and deeply affecting one. Thanks in large part to Miss Streep's bravura performance, it's a film that casts a powerful, uninterrupted spell." | POS |
United States | ReelViews | "It's bleak, but there's a kind of sad beauty in the agony and it's hard to imagine a viewer who will not be moved on some level by this story and the way it is told." | POS |
United States | Chicago Sun-Times | "Sophie's Choice is a fine, absorbing, wonderfully acted, heartbreaking movie. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)." | POS |
United States | Chicago Reader | "The picture is completely devoid of cinematic interest, adopting instead a tiresome theatrical aesthetic" | NEG |
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