The English Patient

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Critics' Reviews

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Washington Post: Desson Thomson
Awash in heart-rending emotions and gorgeous images, this is a movie to lose yourself in.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Rita Kempley
A tour de force so haunting that other films can't exorcise the memory of its radiant cast, exquisite craftsmanship or complex system of metaphors. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a movie.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Rising to crescendos of emotion usually reached only by tenors and sopranos, these characters are the beneficiaries of the luminous writing of the novel and screenplay as well as the expert performances of the actors, especially Scott Thomas.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Gary Kamiya
Minghella, by brilliantly editing the romantic scenes down to a few jagged, archetypal moments, captures something of the sacred whirlwind.Read Full Review »
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Time: Richard Corliss
To transport picturegoers to a unique place in the glare of the earth, in the darkness of the heart--this, you realize with a gasp of joy, is what movies can do.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Elvis Mitchell
A stunning feat of literary adaptation as well as a purely cinematic triumph.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The kind of movie you can see twice--first for the questions, the second time for the answers.Read Full Review »
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Slate: Sarah Kerr
The acting of this central trio is brilliant, in part because the crisscrossing of these and other stories and the gorgeous backdrops take some of the weight off: The characters are free to be flawed without losing our interest.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
Succeeds stunningly on its own terms.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Mike Clark
The big story here is Kristin Scott Thomas' captivating performance.Read Full Review »
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