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Dreaming of Joseph Lees
20th Century Fox

Dreaming of Joseph Lees reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 55 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA 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)


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Catherine Linstrum  
DIRECTED BY: Eric Styles  
RELEASE DATE: Video: May 16, 2000 
Theatrical: October 29, 1999 
RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: UK / USA 

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.

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