Variety
A respectable, intelligent but less than stirring adaptation of an imposingly dense and layered novel.
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The English Patient
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche lead this 1996 Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards, a war drama following a nurse who takes in, and cares for, a badly injured plane crash victim. The life and romances of Count Almásy, a Hungarian map maker, are told in a series of flashbacks as he lays gravely wounded. The film took an additional eight Oscars, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actress for Binoche.
9 Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Binoche) at the 1997 Academy Awards; Best Picture and Original Score at the 1997 Golden Globes; 6 BAFTAs including Best Film, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actress (Binoche) at the 1997 BAFTA Awards
1996Rating: M, Medium level violence, adult themes, low level coarse language155 minsUSA, UK
DramaRomanceWar
- Director:
- Anthony Minghella ('Cold Mountain', 'The Talented Mr. Ripley')
- Writer:
- Anthony Minghella
- Cast:
- Ralph FiennesJuliette BinocheWillem DafoeKristin Scott ThomasNaveen AndrewsColin FirthJulian WadhamJürgen ProchnowKevin Whately
The English Patient / Reviews
The Washington Post
Awash in heart-rending emotions and gorgeous images, this is a movie to lose yourself in.
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A stunning feat of literary adaptation as well as a purely cinematic triumph.
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Roger Ebert
The kind of movie you can see twice--first for the questions, the second time for the answers.
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