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  • Starring: Ian McKellen, Marton Csokas, Natasha Richardson, Sean Harris
  • Summary: Set in 1950's England, this tale of erotic obsession tells the story of Stella Raphael (Richardson), a restless, beautiful woman who desperately desires to find in romantic love the one thing that will change everything. (Paramount Classics)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 29
  2. Negative: 2 out of 29
  1. A film that takes you by surprise, refusing to relinquish its grim, fascinating hold. Better yet, it has crept up on us without much advance promotional fanfare. The less known about its twists, the better.
  2. Reviewed by: Anna Smith
    60
    It may not be as daring as Young Adam, but this is a well-performed adaptation of an absorbing melodrama.
  3. It's just so darn annoying to watch this attractive, seemingly smart woman throw her life away for some (admittedly rather hot) sex in the greenhouse.

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