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The Deep Blue Sea

2011

Terence Davies

Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Ann Mitchell ...

5.8

4,817

Romance. Drama Terence Davies has adapted the play of the same name by Terence Rattigan, one of the great British dramatists of the 20th century. Its heroine, Hester Collyer, is a woman with a priviliged life as the wife of a High Court judge, Sir William Collyer, who astonishes everyone by leaving her husband to go and live with a young ex-RAF pilot who she has fallen passionately in love with.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Damon Wise Empire	"It does represent the unique vision of an artist who needs to be met halfway, and in an age of hubbub, its patient elegance is a rare thing we should nurture. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The social and psychological particulars, and the wonderful period details, are part of the background. And Mr. Hiddleston and Mr. Beale, disciplined and sensitive actors though they are, exist in the penumbra of Ms. Weisz's incandescence"	POS
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"Davies has skilfully reworked the play (...) Davies elicits outstanding performances from his central triangle"	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"Exceptionally well-made and completely fearless in its depiction of the widest range of romantic emotions, this is a film as fiercely committed to passion as its heroine, and that's saying a lot"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[Davies] creates two luminous scenes (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Intelligent but bloodless (...) Restraint and quiet suffering don't seem to come naturally to Weisz"	NEU
United States	Leslie Felperin Variety	"Davies is in fine form here, with luminous perfs, especially from Rachel Weisz"	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"[Davies] is not only a piercingly emotional filmmaker, and one of the great stylists of image and sound (...) but also a revelatory director of actors."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"A gorgeous and stifling adaptation (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney The Independent	"All three performers [Weisz, Hiddleston and Beale] are terrific (...) It's a most distinguished film"	POS

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