So can we somehow make a bargain with the film world: no more Anna Kareninas? You're making idiots of yourselves.
– David Thomson,
The New Republic,
14 Jun 2013
fresh:
It's a half-success -- a baldly conceptual response to the Leo Tolstoy novel, with a heavy theatrical framework placed around the narrative of girl meets boy, followed by girl meets train.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Nov 2012
fresh:
In this adaptation, director Joe Wright, plus screenwriter Tom Stoppard, are determined to tame the untameable. And they do.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
30 Nov 2012
rotten:
"Anna Karenina," lush as it is, fails to strike a fully human chord.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
30 Nov 2012
rotten:
The very picture of noble failure, it's a bright red heart without a beat.