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Possession (2002)
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Modern love and classic romantic passion meet in this lush adaptation of A.S. Byatt's brilliant novel. Academics Roland Michell (Aaron Eckhart) and Maud Bailey (Gwyneth Paltrow) are experts on the work of two different Victorian poets. As they pursue a possible connection between their subjects, the two sleuths begin to stumble toward a romance of their own. Though it necessarily loses some of the depth of Byatt's original, Possession is a worthy adaptation, faithful to the book in both story and spirit. Director Neil LaBute uses clever and visually elegant methods of switching back and forth between time periods, subtly contrasting...
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Possession Movie Review by Zara  (1/24/2007) |
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This movie is NOT for men, a fact that should completely floor most avid movie watchers who know LaBute for being the misogynist that his previous films have painted him out to be. The flick is dripping in old school sentimentality, perhaps the only kind that LaBute could wrap his fists around properly. This isn't a...
(complete Possession review by Zara)
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