Amazon.com essential video: Vanessa Redgrave glows from within as the heroine of this superb adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel. As Clarissa Dalloway prepares to host a sumptuous party, her mind wanders back to a summer in her youth, when she was courted by an eager young man--a young man whose much older self will come to the very party she's preparing. Mrs. Dalloway moves fluidly between the past and the present, exploring the shifts in perspective and understanding with an unsentimental but graceful eye. What's most stunning is the remarkable interplay between the younger and older actors, who truly seem to be different versions of the same character (the young Clarissa is played by Natascha McElhone). Beautifully directed by Marleen Gorris (Antonia's Line), the movie also features Rupert Graves as a shell-shocked soldier who crosses Clarissa's path. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - Best "adaptation" seen in a while
Eileen Atkins screenplay based on the classic modernist novel by Virginia Woolf is about as close as a screenwritter can get to duplicate the tone and dialouge, including following the novel's plot from ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent!
Excellent film - beautiful scenery and wonderful costumes. Easily takes you into the time period (early 20th century London). Touching and profound. Vanessa Redgrave is radiant with a superb supporting ... Read More
Rating: - A Classic
What a movie! What a classic! Classic as they come.All should have taken home an Oscar.
Rating: - An excellent going away gift...
...for someone you detest, but for whom convention dictates such: Prospective movie heaven transmutes into actual movie hell. By comparison, "My Dinner With Andre" is action-adventure.
Rating: - Completes the Original Novel
I recommend this film as an afterthought to the original novel by Virginia Woolf; it will clarify any confusion and bring an intimacy to Woolf's wordy explanations.
Mrs. Dalloway (Vanessa Redgrave/Natascha ... Read More
- Best "adaptation" seen in a while
- An excellent going away gift...
- Completes the Original Novel