The Dead
A vast, merry, and uncommon tale of love.
A vast, merry, and uncommon tale of love.
Drama
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1987
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After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.
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Details
Runtime:
83 min
Release date:
3 Sep 1987
Country:
DE, IE, GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$3,500,000
Revenue:
$4,370,078
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 10 wins & 18 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
There's also a rather awesome and unpretentious directness as well as calmness about the way that Huston contemplates his own rapidly approaching death.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
5 Feb 2008
fresh:
A well-crafted miniature, this dramatization of the Joyce story directly addresses the theme of how the 'shades' from 'that other world' can still live in those who still walk the earth.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
5 Feb 2008
fresh:
A beguiling chamber piece.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
That Huston should have dared search for the story's cinema life is astonishing. That he should have found it with such seeming ease is the mark of a master.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
rotten:
There's a certain disarming sweetness to the film. The scenes are lit in amber warmth and Joyce's Dublin fable of lost hopes and living memories is treated with respect. But the acting pool is only adequate.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000