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Cast |
James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Helen Mirren, Paul Giamatti, Anne-Marie Duff, Kerry Condon |
Director |
Michael Hoffman |
Screenplay | Michael Hoffman, from the novel by Jay Parini |
Music | Sergei Yevtushenko |
Cinematography | Sebastian Edschmid |
Editing | Patricia Rommel |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2009 |
Produced by | Egoli Tossell Film, Zephyr Films, Egoli Tossell Film Halle |
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What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Diane de Beer High drama your destination | 15 | |
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Ryk blik op Tolstoi se laaste dae | 15 | |
Cape Times Kenneth Turan Savage rivalry behind Tolstoy legend | 15 | |
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 15 | |
eye Weekly Adam Nayman A plodding, four-square ensemble drama about the last days of Leo Tolstoy that seems to have been written by prestige-pic-screenplay software. | 5 | |
Rolling Stone Peter Travers | 15 | |
ScreenIt T. Durgin The whole thing is really a tutorial in fine acting. And the closing portion of the film in which Tolstoy's loved ones, his fans and the Russian press all gather at a remote train station where the great author lies dying has some legitimately touching moments | 14 | |
Metacritic.com 34 critics | 15 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 115 critics | 13 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Michael Hoffman's script doesn't quite live up to its famous subject, but this Tolstoy biopic benefits from a spellbinding tour de force performance by Helen Mirren. | 14 | |
What the People say | ||
Internet 1056 Netizens Excellent Historical Drama | 15 | |
Average .. 69% | 14 |