Since I’m a huge fan of Kate Winslet, I was really eager to check this flick. Eventually, it is one of those movies which shows Kate Winslet prominently on all the promotional material when in fact, she is not even the main character. However, in this case, it didn’t really matter since it was a very good movie. To be honest, I wasn’t really familiar with Iris Muroch, I haven’t read any o... read more
Description:Iris is a 2001 film that tells the story of Irish novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with John Bayley. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch (played by Kate Winslet) was an outgoing, dominant individual as compared to her timid and scholarly partner Bayley (played by Hugh Bonneville), and their laterIris is a 2001 film that tells the story of Irish novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with John Bayley. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch (played by Kate Winslet) was an outgoing, dominant individual as compared to her timid and scholarly partner Bayley (played by Hugh Bonneville), and their later life, when Murdoch (now played by Judi Dench) was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and tended to by a frustrated Bayley (played by Jim Broadbent) in their North Oxford home in Charlbury Road.... (more)(less)
"Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent
The Other Nominees:
Ethan Hawke - Training Day
Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast
Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Jon Voight - Ali
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“Since I’m a huge fan of Kate Winslet, I was really eager to check this flick. Eventually, it is one of those movies which shows Kate Winslet prominently on all the promotional material when in fact, she is not even the main character. However, in this case, it didn’t really matter since it was a very good movie. To be honest, I wasn’t really familiar with Iris Muroch, I haven’t read any of her books (I know I should read more books, shame on me…). It is even more scandalous since I have a College Master in English Language, Civilization and Literature… Anyway, apparently, she was one of the most renown British writers. This movie combines her young years where she was a fierce and proud student, discovering herself, love and many other things and her late years when she was v” read more
"2001 ~ Jim Broadbent as John Bayley
NOMINEES:
Ethan Hawke - Training Day as Jake Hoyt
Ben Kingsley - Sexy Beast as Don Logan
Ian McKellen - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring as Gandalf
Jon Voight - Ali as Howard Cosell "