OUR WORD TO PARENTS: There are many items that you may object to in this film, but in most cases, your children won't want to see this movie. Other than for the fine performances there aren't many reasons to recommend this film. This one has a dark, grimy feel to it and includes a very shocking and depressing turn of events toward its end. Those wanting a sunny, uplifting story should look elsewhere. One feels as if we're seeing snippets of the story instead of a nice orderly, linear storyline.
The performances are good and the actors create memorable characters, but the plot meanders and scenes come and go without really helping the story along. OUR TAKE: 3 out of 10 This is a bleak, drab, and depressing story. She then has an affair and children with him. KATE WINSLET plays a head strong woman who eventually succumbs to the growing chemistry between her and her cousin.The second involves his cousin with whom he carries on an affair and fathers several children. CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON plays a man searching for love who twice finds it in the wrong places.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R For strong sexuality and intense depictions of death and birth. Neither the story nor the actors will draw kids to this film. As they search for a place that will accept them, tragedy meets them in a way they couldn't have expected. Because of this, they have to continually move from place to place looking for lodging and work. Sue leaves Richard and she and Jude begin a family, although they refuse to marry. But there's a building and tempting chemistry between the two cousins and soon they're having an affair. Jude gets her a job working for Richard Philloston (LIAM CUNNINGHAM), an old acquaintance, and eventually Sue and Richard are married. After briefly being married to Arabella Dunn (RACHEL GRIFFITHS), a woman he thought he impregnated, Jude meets his cousin Sue Bridehead (KATE WINSLET), an independent and head strong woman who also wants to be a teacher. PLOT: Near the end of the nineteenth century, Jude Fawley (CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON), a stone mason, wants to be accepted into Christminster, a theological university. QUICK TAKE: Drama: A nineteenth century stonemason carries on an affair with his cousin. (1996) (Christopher Eccleston, Kate Winslet) (R)
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