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Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Possession |
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A.S. Byatt's wonderful, highly literary, and all-but-unfilmable novel was brought to the screen in 2002, surprisingly, by director Neil LaBute (In the Company of Men, Nurse Betty). It's the story of two modern-day academics in Britain (the male changed from a lower-class Brit to an American) tracking a mystery about two Victorian-era poets. Roland Michell finds the draft of a letter that suggests Randolph Henry Ash might have had contact with Christabel LaMott, and he enlists prissy, ultra-feminist scholar Maud Bailey to help him investigate. Eckhart and Paltrow are out of their depth as the moderns, Northam and Ehle do marvelous things with very little script as the Victorians. The photography, sets, and soundtrack are marvelous. A mixed bag, but a valiant attempt.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Possession |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love predicted in dream/fortune-telling
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Is this movie based on a
- book
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