Iris
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings
- Starring: Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench
- Summary: The true story of the romance between novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Dench, Winslet) and John Bayley (Broadbent), from their meeting at Oxford, through over 40 years, including Murdoch's fight with Alzheimer's Disease.
- Director: Richard Eyre
- Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Romance
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Positive: 25 out of 30
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100First and foremost, Iris is a magnificent story about the enduring bond between two eccentric, astounding souls who somehow managed to find each other and hold on for dear life.
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80The film is not a biopic or a portrait of a famous marriage so much as it is an imaginative essay on what made a union between two radically different people work as well as it did.
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80Suffers from PBS syndrome, but Dame Judi Dench cures with a moving portrayal of life with Alzheimer's.
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Some critics wondered if "Elegy for Iris" was an act of revenge or reverence. The film, like the book, leaves behind a sad and sour image: of an indomitable woman gradually infantilized by glitches in her brain chemistry, and the man who finally is allowed to take custody of her.
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Positive: 3 out of 5
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BrandonS.9This is a beautiful, heartbreaking movie.
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