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Drama, Romance - 2001
6.7
53%
47
An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.
Director:
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Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes...
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The Pianist
(2002)
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of...
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A Beautiful Mind
(2001)
John Nash is a brilliant but asocial mathematician fighting schizophrenia. After he accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn for the nightmarish.
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36 Fillette
(1988)
Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self-aware and holds her own in a café conversation with a concert pianist she meets, but she has a wild streak and she's testing her powers over men, finding that she doesn't always control her moods or actions, and she's impatient with bei...
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Monsoon Wedding
(2001)
As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.

Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
111 min
Release date:
18 Dec 2001
Country:
CA, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$38,000,000
Revenue:
$24,690,441
Awards:
Nominated for 2 BAFTA 2 wins & 13 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Some novels need to be left alone. Hear that, Hollywood?
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
8 Jan 2002
fresh:
I like good newspaper movies. Most of them get it completely wrong. In this case, it's exactly right.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
10 Jan 2002
fresh:
I am baffled by all the negativity surrounding it, and I am prepared to designate it as the most underrated film of 2001.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
13 Mar 2002
fresh:
The movie has a modest but true feeling for the ways in which people are formed by the ravages of their natural surroundings.
– Peter Rainer,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
22 Jan 2002
fresh:
Spacey brilliantly shows Quoyle's transformation from a passive clod to a curious journalist.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
17 Jan 2002
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