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- 2005
- PG
- Fine Line Features
- 2 h
- 2005
- PG
- Fine Line Features
- 2 h
Summary Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru.
Directed By: Mary McGuckian
Written By: Thornton Wilder, Mary McGuckian
- 2005
- PG
- Fine Line Features
- 2 h
- 2005
- PG
- Fine Line Features
- 2 h
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
25
7.6
Summary Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru.
Directed By: Mary McGuckian
Written By: Thornton Wilder, Mary McGuckian
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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9% Positive
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1 Review
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
25
9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
55% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Wilder's created world is alive with his erudition, his sympathy for his characters in their loneliness and flawed goodness. This film doesn't do him justice but it's a gesture in the right direction.
Ultimately comes across as a soporific costume drama featuring a gallery of miscast stars.
An honorable but dull attempt to translate a neglected literary source to the screen.
May be the opposite of trash, but it is something just as disposable: dead literary meat. Dragged down by a stuffy screenplay clotted with generic period oratory, overdressed to the point that the actors seem physically impeded by their ornate costumes, and hopelessly muddled in its storytelling, the movie is edited with a haphazardness that leaves many dots unconnected.
The script and direction by Irish filmmaker Mary McGuckian is just deadly.
After watching this movie, which stars Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates and Gabriel Byrne, I was moved only to find my own bridge to leap from.
"I am surrounded by oceans of boredom," the campy Abraham complains at one point. It's a sentiment audiences are bound to share.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.6
86% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 User Ratings
7.6
86% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Production Company
Tribeca Productions,
Metropolitan Filmexport,
Davis-Films,
Bridge,
Kanzaman,
Spice Factory,
Movision,
Scion Films,
Pembridge Pictures
Release Date Jun 10, 2005
Duration 2 h
Rating PG
Tagline Five Lives Bound By One Fate.
Awards
Goya Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
