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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 11 Ratings

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  1. JulianB
    Oct 26, 2006
    10
    A romantic and wonderful movie
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  2. PatrickG.
    Mar 13, 2007
    10
    Clint Eastwood is working on full cylinders here. A very moving portrait. Close to melodrama, but never slipping into the mushy abysm of the novel on which it's based. It deserves all the praise in the world for it's honesty, bravery, and intelligence.
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Metascore
66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Todd McCarthy
    70
    Given the intelligent restraint of the treatment, this is about as fine an adaptation of this material as one could hope for, although there is still something of a gap between the impressive skill of the filmmaking and the ultimately irredeemable aspects of the source.
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  2. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    50
    Eastwood, who directed the picture adequately, is inadequate in this role. He has done a lot of impressive acting in films, but none of it has been sexually romantic, and the age of 64 was not the right time to take up that line of work. [03Jul1995, Pg. 26]
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    63
    Richard LaGravenese's flashback script craftily tones down Waller's wind, adds a germane subplot and strengthens the novella's framing device. [02 Jun 1995, Pg.01.D]
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