Possession (2002)

6.1	Listal rating
6.3	IMDB rating

Directed by

Neil LaBute

Starring (View all)

Maud Bailey

Roland Michell

Randolph Henry Ash

Christabel LaMotte

Blanche Glover

Ellen Ash

Fergus Wolfe

Cropper

Written by (View all)

A.S. Byatt

(novel)

David Henry Hwang

(screenplay) and

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A good movie

7 months, 3 weeks ago at Sep 29 2:46

johanlefourbe

For a couple of years, I have been following Neil Labute and even though he is not one of the best directors I have encountered, his work is definitely interesting. This movie is a fine example. Honestly, beforehand, I wasn't expecting much from it. It seemed to be another obscure movie starring the rather bland Gwyneth Paltrow. Eventually, I thought it was actually pretty good. Above all, I reall... read more

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An American poetry researcher, Roland Michell, travels to England and enlists the help of Doctor Maud Bailey, a British expert on the life of a famous but Victorian poet, to help him piece together the life and love affair of two poets. It's not long before they discover one of their very own.

Release date : 4 September 2002
UPC: 025192240324

Romance (4), Based On Novel (2), Drama (2), 2000s (2), 2002 (2), Literature (2), Historical (2), Sort (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), SnP (1), Based On Book (1), Research (1), Mystery (1)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 7 months, 3 weeks ago

A good movie

“For a couple of years, I have been following Neil Labute and even though he is not one of the best directors I have encountered, his work is definitely interesting. This movie is a fine example. Honestly, beforehand, I wasn't expecting much from it. It seemed to be another obscure movie starring the rather bland Gwyneth Paltrow. Eventually, I thought it was actually pretty good. Above all, I really enjoyed the directing by LaBute who manages to create an intriguing mood. I also liked the fact that it was dealing with some intelligent and articulate characters. Eventually, there were less successful to combine the romance aspect with the thriller elements and, as a result, the whole thing was rather uneven. Still, I think they managed pretty well to combine the modern and older story and I ” read more