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Roland Michell is an upstart American scholar in London on a fellowship to study the great Randolph Henry Ash. Ash is best known for the rapturous poems he dedicated to his wife, and is currently the subject of a major exhibition. Maud Bailey is a brilliant, by-the-book academic, researching the life and work of the lesser-known Victorian poet Christabel LaMotte. As the history books tell it, La Motte... See Full Description
| Genres: |
Drama, Romance and Adaptation |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 43 min. |
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| Release Date: |
August 16th, 2002 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for sexuality and some thematic elements. |
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| Distributors: |
Focus Features, Warner Bros. Pictures International
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$10,103,647 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B-
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"...certainly worth seeing...but the film misses some crucial charge..." more...
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B |
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...a brainy romance." more...
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A- |
Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington
"... gorgeous, somnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising." more...
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B- |
Cincinnati Enquirer, Margaret A. McGurk
"Possession certainly qualifies as an old-fashioned romance, but it offers enough laughs and twists to qualify as a shiny new treat." more...
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B |
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