Onegin

Name: Onegin
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: December 17, 1999
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Liv Tyler, Ralph Fiennes

1999

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: December 17, 1999 | R

Starring: Liv Tyler, Ralph Fiennes

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.

Director: Martha Fiennes

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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Kevin Thomas

A pleasure in all ways. Read full review

Richard Schickel

Handsome, well-acted, richly textured adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's novel. Read full review

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

A riveting, unsentimental tragedy of unrequited love. Read full review

Shawn Levy

A handsome, somewhat draggy and abrupt film that's more memorable in snippets than as a whole. Read full review

Roger Ebert

There is a cool, mannered elegance to the picture that I like, but it's dead at its center. Read full review

Film.com Robert Horton

(Tyler's) voice is still mall American, and Onegin's rejection of her is nowhere near as puzzling or as tragic as it's supposed to be. Read full review

Dennis Lim

Unable to capture either its wit, psychological acuity, or formal rigor, the movie essentially reduces the schematic, seesaw narrative to doomy clichés. Read full review

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AnilaW.

Aug 29, 2009

Ralph Fiennes is a genius, a prophet, a saint of acting. I keep wondering, how a human being could have received such amounts of God's grace, as he has.

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 25, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I found the main character quite pompous and odious. I liked the somewhat lavish and opulent settings and the costumes/dresses/uniform of the time. It is a slow paced film but its none the less interesting to learn about various peoples backgrounds. It was surprisingly atmospheric at times. I also quite liked how Tatiana talked to Onegin (which is pronounced 'on-yay-gh-inn' by others in the film, for reference).

This is a somewhat arty film I suppose, with some nice classical music played and some good camera shots used to make scenes, such as the dances, more engrossing and atmospheric. One of the final scenes I found most compelling viewing, with the two main characters opening up in hushed tones.… Expand

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