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Asylum (2005)
Stella Raphael, a cultured and elegant but restless young woman, lives with her husband, Max, a forensic psychiatrist, and their small son, Charlie, at a high-security mental hospital in rural England. Isolated from the urban excitement she craves, Stella is unhappy with her husband and her life, and when she comes into contact with the brilliant and attractive sculptor Edgar Stark, a patient who is engaged in rebuilding the asylum's decrepit Victorian conservatory, she begins to fall in love. Her discovery that Edgar was confined to the hospital after he brutally murdered and disfigured his wife in a psychotic, jealous rage fails to deter Stella from her growing passion, and eventually her love for Edgar is pitted against her husband, her child, the institution, and the entire fabric of her society. Finally Stella makes her choice, precipitating an appalling tragedy and changing the course of several lives. (read more)
| Release Date: | August 12th, 2005 |
| Running Time: | 1 minutes |
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Natasha Richardson stars in ASYLUM, a thriller of sexual obsession set in 1950s England. Richardson is Stella, a troubled and sad doctor's wife and mother of one son, Charlie, trapped in the stifling atmosphere of their new home at a mental hospital. At the yearly party where male and female patients are allowed to...
(complete Asylum review by Elizabeth)
There was so much promise in this story, but it just wasn't there. Maybe, if they had beefed up Sir Ian's role or had a husband that drew more sympathy, it could have been a great film.
As it was, it was just passable, and not worthy of a watch recommendation, even with Sir Ian in the cast. He just seemed to phone in his...
(complete Asylum review by Movie Addict)
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(8/12/2005)
