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An emotional touching movie. It has been a few years since I saw it ---- will have to have another look!!!
9/10
17.5.2007 -
connollymarjorie@ - age: 50+
I LOVED the book and this movie is a fantastic rendition of it. I do recommend reading the book first, because nothing beats it. But this movie is honestly very, very good. Full of a certain gut-wrenching bitterness that is very beautiful all the same.
10/10
14.5.2007 -
islam,farah@ - age: 18-25
[ATTENTION: This review reveals content of the movie.]
Meryl Streep, ed Harris, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman are ALL excellent in this film I cry every time virgina woolf looks at the dying bird. Go see it now a film fans must!
10/10
4.6.2006 -
lab_lover89@ - age: 13-17
Nicoel Kidman's voice still hauts me.
10/10
1.12.2004 -
alexis_male@ - age: 18-25
Ed Harris's best work, he should have got the oscar.
9/10
13.7.2004 -
bpbenson@ - age: 36-49
I can appreciate the acting but this one bored me to death, I fell asleep the first time and was determined to give it an honest try, so I watched it again in its entirety only to conclude that this one's a cure for insomnia for sure... I couldn't get anything out of this one...
3/10
6.2.2004 -
joblagdon@ - age: 36-49
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This movie was rather confusing at first but it was very good and the acting was superb.
7/10
6.11.2003 -
crezmur@ - age: 50+
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This is a movie for intelligent and patient people, as you might gather by reading the reviews -- those who can't spell (or type too quickly and carelessly) generally hated the movie. But the audience at our repertory-house cinema was captivated, and even stayed for all the credits. I bought the sound-track immediately after seeing the film, and have since bought the books "The Hours" and "Mrs. Dalloway". The movie moves in the same manner as Virginia Woolf wrote, and some of those who tend to watch "action flicks" just will not understand it. Also, the emotions are very powerful in this movie, but are shown in a quite restrained manner, again fitting in with Wolfe's writing style. Those who are used to the overblown acting common in many Hollywood films may have trouble recognizing the emotion in this piece, but there were few dry eyes in the theatre the day I attended. This is definitely not a movie for the very young. It is a movie for lovers of great books and for people who have "been around the block a few times". It does not surprise me that it appeals more to women than to men, since most of the lead characters portray a particularly female point of view. It will most certainly not appeal to homophobes, since homosexuality and bisexuality are portrayed as normal parts of the wide range of human experience. Lastly, despite what some reviewers have said, this is not a movie about schizophrenics. It is a movie about intelligent people in difficult circumstances, and the varying choices they make in order to cope with those circumstances. A rare feat of movie-making, and worth every moment of screen time.
10/10
16.9.2003 -
refilyer@ - age: 36-49
Watching "hours" was both confusing and captivating. I must admit I never have watched a movie of such caliper that kept you on edge until the very end. I find it unfortunate that a lot of people cannot get past the lesbianism shown in film, mostly because the whole message of the film was lost. The actors/actresses did a remarkable job in portraying these characters. While I will admit times there were scenes that were confusing, after watching the movie you should understand it was meant to be so, alas such is life. I would highly recommend this movie to all who have an open mind, and mostly women of all ages who have felt lost and confused at one point in time. Amber DeBaie.
10/10
23.8.2003 -
ambodebaie@ - age: 18-25
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I was thirteen when I saw this film, I'm fourteen now, and I still find myself visiting the official site and continually trying to dig deeper and deeper into the meaning of the hours daily. It irritates me that on every site there is a group of people who dislike the film because of the lebianism or the supposed "pointlessness"--how could it be pointless when it was based on a pulizter-prize winning novel? The same sex kisses were not acts of lesbianism, they were acts of rebellion, of self-discovery. Each woman was trying to break free from the bonds of society in the only way they could, they were being suffocated. The direction was without a fault, the screenplay was tremendous, and the score was passionate and overwhelming. Nicole Kidman succeeds in conveying both the brooding depression and the artistic genius of woolf, who is engaged in an internal struggle, the struggle between life and death, and the struggle of a brilliant authoress trying to release herself from society's expectations of her as a woman. The same prison exists for laura brown, clarissa vaughn, however, is able to look past her sorrows and regrets of the past to continue on with her life, which shows not only her strength as an individual, but also the advance of sociey regarding women's rights. I noticed that teenage females loved the movie, as did females over 50, but middle-aged women were not thrilled about it. I wish individuals in that age group would stop being so practical and realistically grounded; I wish everyone would just open up their minds and their souls to this film, look past the exterior lesbianism and depression, and experience the hours as it is meant to be experienced--a glorification of life as it is meant to be lived."To look life in the face, to know it for what it is, to love it for what it is, 'tis the right of every human being." -Virginia Woolf.
10/10
6.8.2003 -
child_of_treebeard@ - age: 13-17
This movie is beautifully directed. Nicole Kidman is phenomenal as Virgina. Intense, intelligent, and very sub-textual. If you are perceptive about subtle details in a film, you will see a master craftsman in this film's direction.
10/10
23.7.2003 -
tina,sollows@ - age: 36-49
The book is great! But the movie bored me, never seen a movie that boring. The book is touching and emotional, the best novel I ever read. The movie... really bad, it is too slow, can't hear a word... I can't believe this is the same story from the book! What a waste of good talent... All the actors should get award because they made the best out of this movie...
2/10
10.7.2003 -
luong1356@ - age: 26-35
This is a movie for mature people. Very depressing. I did not understand the theme.
5/10
5.7.2003 -
emy_m@ - age: 36-49
Very well-balanced and powerful movie. Ed Harris's character is also a very sobering one, with an almost "catharthic" effect. Nicole Kidman's sad yet vibrant playing as well as Meryl Streep's reality-based character are a treat. Julianne Moore's character gives a glimpse of what it is to be in a life crisis.
9/10
5.7.2003 -
intuitions5@ - age: 36-49
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