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The Railway Man

2013

Jonathan Teplitzky

Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, Stellan Skarsgård ...

5.9

3,644

Drama On an afternoon in 1983, Eric Lomax (Colin Firth), a quiet, middle-aged radio and railway enthusiast meets bubbly Patti (Nicole Kidman) on a Scottish train. Their courtship is quick and a wedding soon follow, but on their wedding night, Patti finds that her groom has terrible nightmares that almost immobilize him and he won't explain why. Patti turns to Eric's friend Finlay (Stellan Skarsgård), who tells her Eric's secret: during WWII ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Jonathan Teplitzky takes old-fashioned, and dull as ditchwater, approach to this moving reconciliation story (...) Too delicate to entice the masses."
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"An old-fashioned war drama stuffed into a cumbersomely choppy time structure, 'The Railway Man' is well-acted and handsomely produced, but its honorable intentions are not matched with sustained emotional impact or psychological suspense."
		Tim Robey Telegraph	"A film that does perfectly respectable justice to Lomax's ordeal, without ever making a strong case for itself as independently stirring art. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"
		FilmAffinity	It was a big failure in USA Box Office - total gross: barely 4 million $US.
		Catherine Shoard The Guardian	"This first 20 minutes are a disconcerting delight: a late-age courtship that's more romantic and convincing than you'd credit (...) Colin Firth turns in a performance of immense emotional complexity. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"[It] has many problems but also has Colin Firth. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"For a well-acted movie about the horrors of war and the lure of revenge, it's surprisingly dull and starchy. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"
		Stephen Holden The New York Times	"[Firth's] modesty prevents 'The Railway Man' from turning mawkishly sentimental."

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