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- 1996
- R
- Gramercy Pictures (I)
- 2 h 3 m
- 1996
- R
- Gramercy Pictures (I)
- 2 h 3 m
Summary In 19th-century England, Jude (Eccleston) and his cousin Sue (Winslet) are ostracized when they have children together after leaving their spouses.
Directed By: Michael Winterbottom
Written By: Hossein Amini, Thomas Hardy
- 1996
- R
- Gramercy Pictures (I)
- 2 h 3 m
- 1996
- R
- Gramercy Pictures (I)
- 2 h 3 m
Jude
68
7.5
Summary In 19th-century England, Jude (Eccleston) and his cousin Sue (Winslet) are ostracized when they have children together after leaving their spouses.
Directed By: Michael Winterbottom
Written By: Hossein Amini, Thomas Hardy
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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72% Positive
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17% Mixed
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3 Reviews
11% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
68
72% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
17% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
11% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Jude is a modernized version of Hardy, but a handsome, fluid and red-blooded one that has no difficulty finding correlatives to the prejudice and hatred of wit and spirit against which Hardy, in his gimlet-eyed way, so passionately attacked. [25 Oct 1996]
the film is well cast and the script is mostly faithful to the novel. Visually, it's probably the most accurate evocation of Hardy's world ever put on film. [01 Nov 1996]
It's worth seeing this stark adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure just for the extraordinary performance of Christopher Eccleston as Jude Fawley, the stonemason in turn-of-the-century England whose dreams of university scholarship are thwarted. And British telly director Michael Winterbottom sustains a fine atmosphere of dank misery.
Technically, pic is top-drawer, with restless, fluid cutting by Trevor Waite that adds to the unstarchy look, and a copious musical score by Adrian Johnston that gives a separate "sound" to the many locations (a folksy drone for Marygreen, High Baroque music for academic Christminster, and so on).
The problem here isn't grimness but a failure to make grimness wrench the heart. [18 Oct 1996]
The basic plot of Thomas Hardy's great novel "Jude the Obscure" comes through accurately enough, but its sublime irony and sardonic wit apparently got lost in the misty English countryside.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
7.5
71% Positive
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
7% Mixed
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21% Negative
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Awards
Camerimage
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 2 Nominations
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
