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The English Patient

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

The English Patient

1996

Anthony Minghella

Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe ...

7.1

70,113

Romance. Drama. Adventure At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"A stunning feat of literary adaptation as well as a purely cinematic triumph."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It is the kind of movie you can see twice--first for the questions, the second time for the answers (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"Long, involving and rather parched emotionally, 'The English Patient' is a respectable, intelligent but less than stirring adaptation"	NEU
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"With 'The English Patient', Minghella proves that a movie love story can be smart, principled and provoking, and still sweep you away."	POS
United Kingdom	Christopher Hemblade Empire	"It does not deserve limitless adoration. Just quiet, reasoned admiration. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Ali Barclay BBC	"A must see film for all lovers of cinema on a grand and sweeping scale (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"Awash in heart-rending emotions and gorgeous images, this is a movie to lose yourself in (...) Every gesture between the lovers feels graceful, luxurious and textured."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"It remains a rich, complex, entrancing piece of work. Part poignant romance, part suspenseful adventure, part enigmatic mystery"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly	"'The English Patient' is an elegant, accomplished piece of high modernist filmmaking (...) [It] is most compelling when it’s most conventional."	POS
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas give engaging performances (...) 'The English Patient' is a powerful meditation on how we’re all pulled toward feelings of ownership"	POS
United Kingdom	Andrew Collins Radio Times	"This skilful adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's difficult novel is at heart two love stories (...) It's an ambitious film (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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