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  • 1999
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Summary Director Martha Fiennes explores the theme of unrequited love in this drama based on Aleksandr Pushkin's verse novel. Eugene Onegin (Ralph Fiennes), an 1820s Saint Petersberg aristocrat is introduced to the young and passionate Tatiana (Tyler) who falls in love with him and is intially refused.

Directed By: Martha Fiennes

Written By: Peter Ettedgui, Alexander Pushkin, Michael Ignatieff

  • 1999
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 46 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Samuel Goldwyn Films
  • 1 h 46 m

Onegin

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
59
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary Director Martha Fiennes explores the theme of unrequited love in this drama based on Aleksandr Pushkin's verse novel. Eugene Onegin (Ralph Fiennes), an 1820s Saint Petersberg aristocrat is introduced to the young and passionate Tatiana (Tyler) who falls in love with him and is intially refused.

Directed By: Martha Fiennes

Written By: Peter Ettedgui, Alexander Pushkin, Michael Ignatieff

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
59
67% Positive
14 Reviews
29% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 21 Critic Reviews
59
67% Positive
14 Reviews
29% Mixed
6 Reviews
5% Negative
1 Review

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90
Few things are more enthralling than unrequited love, as demonstrated by this drama.
By Lisa Alspector FULL REVIEW
80
Handsome, well-acted, richly textured adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's novel.
By Richard Schickel FULL REVIEW
75
Fiennes does this sort of inner pain thing exceedingly well, Tyler is beguiling and believable, and there is an edge of wit and grace to the proceedings.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
67
Tatyana, the embodiment of a heroine whose still waters run deep, requires more maturity than Tyler as yet possesses.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW
63
Despite Fiennes' splendid moodiness and Tyler's radiant vulnerability, despite lovely settings... this movie is dull.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
50
Makes you appreciate opera, or NoDoz.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
20
Unable to capture either its wit, psychological acuity, or formal rigor, the movie essentially reduces the schematic, seesaw narrative to doomy clichés.
By Dennis Lim FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
7.2
65% Positive
15 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
17% Negative
4 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings
7.2
65% Positive
15 Ratings
17% Mixed
4 Ratings
17% Negative
4 Ratings

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Production Company 7 Arts International, Baby Productions, CanWest Global Television Network, Rysher Entertainment, Starz
Release Date Dec 17, 1999
Duration 1 h 46 m
Rating R
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Awards

Tokyo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Russian Guild of Film Critics
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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