Fresh
Biting down on his pipe, his shirt collar permanently askew, Hopkins assays another concerted study in English repression -- a condition unexpectedly relieved by Winger's brash intelligence and brittle wit.
Derek Adams, Time Out
Shadowlands
He distanced himself from love as he distanced himself from pain, until one woman got close enough to open his heart to the world.
1993 · 2h 11m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Richard Attenborough
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Shadowlands
Overview
C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.
Director and cast
- Richard Attenborough Director
- Anthony Hopkins as C. S. 'Jack' Lewis
- Debra Winger as Joy Gresham
- Edward Hardwicke as Warnie Lewis
- John Wood as Christopher Riley
- Michael Denison as Harry Harrington
- Peter Firth as Dr Craig
- Matthew Delamere as Simon Chadwick
- Julian Fellowes as Desmond Arding
- Julian Firth as Father John Fisher
- Robert Flemyng as Claude Bird
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Superlative acting by Hopkins and Winger elevates this fictionalized late-in-life romance between the repressed British scholar and writer C.S. Lewis and the American Jewish housewife-poet who introduces him to sex and rejuvenates his life.
Emanuel Levy, Variety
Fresh
Here is Mr. Hopkins giving an amazingly versatile and moving performance, shifting the light in those knowing blue eyes to reveal endless shadings between delight and sorrow.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Sit back, watch a master at work, and never once believe that you're not observing the real C.S. Lewis.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
It understands that not everyone falls into love through the avenue of physical desire; that for some, the lust may be for another's mind, for inner beauty.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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