The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Name: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: June 10, 2005
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 25
Cast: F. Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, Robert De Niro

2005

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Fine Line Features | Release Date: June 10, 2005 | PG

Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Gabriel Byrne, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Bates, Robert De Niro

Summary: Based on Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, this timeless story is set in early 18th century Peru.

Director: Mary McGuckian

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: PG

Runtime: 120 min

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Liam Lacey

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. Read full review

Maitland McDonagh

Though handsomely mounted, this parable of intersecting destinies and implacable tragedy is as lifeless as a wax tableau. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Ultimately comes across as a soporific costume drama featuring a gallery of miscast stars. Read full review

Stephen Holden

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. Read full review

William Arnold

The script and direction by Irish filmmaker Mary McGuckian is just deadly. Read full review

Jack Mathews

Rates an inquisition of its own. It may not be heresy to fill out an ensemble cast of Peruvian and Spanish characters almost exclusively with non-Hispanic actors, but it certainly destroys any sense of authenticity. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

"I am surrounded by oceans of boredom," the campy Abraham complains at one point. It's a sentiment audiences are bound to share. Read full review

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TerryS.

Jan 8, 2007

I am amazed at the low rating that this movie has received. I thought it was lovely in every aspect. And oddly enough it followed the book almost perfectly. Beautifully done.