The crucial problem is that there's so little sense of urgency about anything the filmmakers do.

| May 9, 2017

It's all in such good taste that it's downright stupefying.

| Nov 1, 2007

The period environment, brilliantly recreated in production design, costuming and color processing, complements the topflight performances and direction.

| Nov 1, 2007

Lillian Hellman's tight autobiographical story about memory and friendship gets the full Zinnemann gloss-wash.

| Jun 24, 2006

The movie looks soft, which has nothing to do with the Hellman flintiness, guts, self-mockery, wisdom, above all, impatience with cant.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 9, 2005

This movie's problems start with its point of view, and it never quite recovers from them.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 23, 2004