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- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
Summary Hester Collyer, the wife of a High Court judge, is a free spirit trapped in a passionless marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page, a troubled former Royal Air Force pilot throws her life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated. Nearly abandoned by Freddie, Hester attempts to win ...
Directed By: Terence Davies
Written By: Terence Rattigan, Terence Davies
- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
- 2012
- R
- Music Box Films
- 1 h 38 m
The Deep Blue Sea
6.3
Where to Watch
Summary Hester Collyer, the wife of a High Court judge, is a free spirit trapped in a passionless marriage. Her encounter with Freddie Page, a troubled former Royal Air Force pilot throws her life in turmoil, as their erotic relationship leaves her emotionally stranded and physically isolated. Nearly abandoned by Freddie, Hester attempts to win ...
Directed By: Terence Davies
Written By: Terence Rattigan, Terence Davies
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
82
93% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
82
93% Positive
28 Reviews
28 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Rachel Weisz - in what has to be the performance of her career, and there have been lots of good ones - plays an intelligent woman in the grip of a lust that's too big to handle or suppress. She can either ride the tiger or be devoured.
There's a suffocating air to The Deep Blue Sea that makes it harder to access than other period romances of its kind, but Davies aligns himself wholly with Hester.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 52 User Ratings
6.3
58% Positive
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
23% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
19% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 52 User Ratings
6.3
58% Positive
30 Ratings
30 Ratings
23% Mixed
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
19% Negative
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
This was a profoundly sad film. I don't think I was happy at any point throughout the film. However, the dynamic between Hester and Freddie was so emotionally compelling and heart wrenching. It shows the anguish and misery that is often integrated with love. The movie isn't easliy digested, and I don't think I want to see it again but, I am still glad I did. It was such a real love story and it will rip your heart to shreds.
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It's a difficult movie to evaluate because although it is one of those films that I do think was good, I can't say I really enjoyed watching. I think the way I would describe it is that The Deep Blue Sea is a film that is about all-consuming desire, and desire that is also overwhelmingly incompatible. It's tragic because in this love triangle you can so clearly see that neither outcome would be a happy one, given the disparity in intensity of affection in both cases. It reminded me a little of the play After Miss Julie, but I felt that the lack of conventional chronology made it more of a portrait of humanity/emotion/desire than a story in which I was invested in the ending. As a film, I thought it was beautifully shot and it conjures up a haunting image of post-war London. Without a doubt, the highlight of this film is the incredible Rachel Weisz. She is simply excellent.
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The only flaw here is the score. It's beautiful but so obtrusive, particularly at the start, that it threatens to turn the proceedings into melodrama.
Sex is the subtext of everything that happens, yet this may be one of the least erotic movies ever made. It's stern and noble, very much in the Rattigan spirit. [26 March 2012, p.108]
Happily, in his adaptation of the Terence Rattigan play, The Deep Blue Sea, Davies has found a setting close to his heart and a subject more nearly suited to his style.
It is quirky, dark, much maligned by feminists and too slow for some tastes, but it's a work worth seeing again, and Ms. Weisz is wonderful in it.
The story is maddeningly oblique and incomplete, despite paying what at times feels like excruciating attention to the minutiae of a dying love affair's final hours.
Despite moving at a glacial pace, The Deep Blue Sea builds to a subtle but effective ending that really caps the film off with a bang. I really liked this film even if it is hard to understand at times. It's a quietly moving picture that really is worth seeing and Hiddleston and Weisz are both terrific.
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This film, for me, was a bit mixed. It was very well done and shot beautifully, the only gripe I had was that I never really had an emotional connection with the characters. It was a very slow paced movie but I was expecting that going in. While the film was pretty well acted for the most part it still seemed a little forced and fake. Decent film, if you like dramas/romance.
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Interminable, indulgent and pretentious (unrequited) love drama which fails to provide one sympathetic main character (rich girl looking to indulge in a spicy affair; volatile paramour with an adosecelent attitude; ageing, doting cuckold). The intrusive, melodramatic score and clanging 'arty shots' further annoy and mystify. Poor show.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Camberwell / Fly Films,
Film4,
UK Film Council,
Protagonist Pictures,
Lipsync Productions,
Artificial Eye,
Fulcrum Media Finance
Release Date Mar 23, 2012
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating R
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
International Cinephile Society Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
