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- 2001
- PG-13
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 49 m
- 2001
- PG-13
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 49 m
Summary Based on the Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, this film examines the effects of love and obsession, and how two passions could tear a man apart. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Marleen Gorris
Written By: Vladimir Nabokov, Peter Berry
- 2001
- PG-13
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 49 m
- 2001
- PG-13
- Mill Creek Entertainment
- 1 h 49 m
The Luzhin Defence
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Summary Based on the Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name, this film examines the effects of love and obsession, and how two passions could tear a man apart. (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed By: Marleen Gorris
Written By: Vladimir Nabokov, Peter Berry
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 26 Critic Reviews
64
65% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
35% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
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I can't think of another movie that more fluently communicates the special agony and ecstasy of the game of chess.
A smart, romantic, heartbreaking pleasure.
Watson's character grows in importance until she eclipses the recessive Luzhin.
Turturro's Luzhin is a cinematic soulmate of Dustin Hoffman's Rain Man and Geoffrey Rush's David Helfgott.
In the end, it demonstrates all over again the virtual impossibility of doing Nabokov justice on film, because his work is so resolutely and brilliantly made of words.
When the film sticks with the eccentric comedy of a highborn woman attracted to a preoccupied genius, it works splendidly. When it strays into melodrama, it is as ill-equipped as Luzhin.
It's one of those period dramas about upper-crust Europeans in vacation resorts, which at first we think we've seen a million times before.
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Awards
Cinéfest Sudbury
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Love is Folly International Film Festival, Bulgaria
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Luchon International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
