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The House of the Spirits

1993

Bille August

Jeremy Irons, Winona Ryder, Glenn Close, Meryl Streep ...

6.3

12,790

Drama. Romance A sweeping and brooding melodrama, spanning generations and filled with violence, revenge, and telekinesis. The tale begins in South America in 1926, when a young man, Esteban (Jeremy Irons), falls in love with the daughter of a rich man, Rosa Del Valle (Teri Polo). He vows to become rich enough to make her his wife and spends months of toil in the gold fields to earn enough money to do just that. Before the two marry, however, Rosa is ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Angie Errigo Empire	"Given the talents involved, the film's hesitations in style and consistent failure to really move must be counted as a major disappointment (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A handsome, ravishing film filled with understated miracles"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Irons is hardly ideal casting as the macho (...) Streep also fights a losing battle (...) No matter. The movie will vanish quickly; the book will endure."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"All of the characters have the right names, all of the necessary events occur, and indeed the very best local actors have been engaged. But the soul has been mislaid (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"[It] lacks conviction, purpose and strength. A tentative construction without blueprint or foundation, it's bound to come crashing down."	NEG
United States	TV Guide	"It's truly awful (...) A savage waste--a mangling of an esteemed novel, an expose of star egos, and a gigantic squandering of enormous amounts of money.(…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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