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Dreaming of Joseph Lees

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Movie Info

Genre(s): Romance

Written by: Catherine Linstrum

Directed by: Eric Styles

Release Date:
Theatrical: October 29, 1999

Running Time: 92 minutes, Color

Origin: UK / USA

Summary

RATING: R for some sexuality

Starring Samantha Morton, Lee Ross, and Rupert Graves

Set against the staid bedrooms of late 1950s rural England, this is a feverish drama of passion, taboos and betrayal with a macabre psychological twist. The story follows the sensuous Eva (Morton) who breaks all the rules after her own heart is broken. (Fox Searchlight)

What The Critics Said

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83

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Let loose in a plot that's surprisingly modern about sex and relationships, Morton gives Eva's torn longings an immediacy that transcends a lot of damp, 1950s rusticated preciousness.

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80

Newsweek Laura Shin

An engrossing, superbly acted film that will haunt the viewer's thoughts long after the film is over.

80

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A beautifully articulated and acutely perceptive work with impeccable, carefully shaded performances.

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75

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Most of the movie's rewards are in watching Morton.

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75

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

Beautifully shot and often moving.

70

LA Weekly F. X. Feeney

A film whose story movingly outfoxes any number of shopworn expectations on its way to a singular, heart-rending outcome.

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70

Salon.com Charles Taylor

Along with Sheryl Lee, Morton is probably the best actress to have emerged in this decade.

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60

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

(A) languorous, mud-spattered psychological tale.

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50

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Sincere acting lends the film a measure of dramatic dignity.

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50

Film.com Elizabeth Weitzman

Leaves almost no impression at all.

40

The New York Times Janet Maslin

Tells its glumly bodice-ripping tale with somber sensitivity.

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40

Village Voice Jessica Winter

The last scene reads like an admission of defeat.

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23

Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson

An aimless, pointless dawdle.

What Our Users Said

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