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- 1999
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1999
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
Summary A novelist living in London during WWII (Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Moore), who abruptly broke off their affair two years before.
Directed By: Neil Jordan
Written By: Graham Greene, Neil Jordan
- 1999
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
- 1999
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 42 m
The End of the Affair
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Summary A novelist living in London during WWII (Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Moore), who abruptly broke off their affair two years before.
Directed By: Neil Jordan
Written By: Graham Greene, Neil Jordan
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Metascore
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
65
66% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
31% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Rereading Greene's book, one is struck anew by the absolute perfection of the film's casting.
Splendid acting helps Jordan achieve most of his goals, although some may find the romantic and religious elements an uneasy mixture.
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67% Positive
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The affair itself, in its genteel way, does catch fire, but it's the end of the affair that needs to move us to rapture, and the movie, instead, just drifts away.
An engaging but essentially routine tragic romance.
If you're looking to be romantically captivated, this movie just might do the job.
Read like a long, anguished prayer, but on screen it looks an awful lot like blasphemy.
"I didn't write this." In heaven, Graham Greene is mumbling those same words over and over right now.
