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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : Backward into memory, forward into loss and desire, ``The English Patient'' searches for answers that will answer nothing. This poetic, evocative film version of the famous novel by Michael Ondaatje circles down through layers of mystery until all of the puzzles in the story have been solved, and only the great wound of a doomed love remains. It is the kind of movie you can see twice--first for the questions, the second time for the answers. more...
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www.salon.com - : ''The English Patient,'' the superb new film by Anthony Minghella, is that rarest of things: a film based on a great contemporary novel. When it comes to literature, Hollywood generally prefers its tomes yellowed with age: Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens, Henry James. The wonder of ''The English Patient,'' to paraphrase Dr. Johnson, is not so much that it was done well, as that it was done at all. more...
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movie-reviews.colossus.net - : For those who have forgotten the depth of romance and passion that the movies are capable of conveying, Anthony Minghella's The English Patient can remedy the situation. This is one of the year's most unabashed and powerful love stories, using flawless performances, intelligent dialogue, crisp camera work, and loaded glances to attain a level of eroticism and emotional connection that many similar films miss. more...
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