As it is, this is a terrifically acted and exquisitely shot adaptation that nonetheless feels a little bland.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 11, 2024

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a powerful and passionate depiction of intimacy and pleasure, which provides an idealistic perspective of the story.

| Sep 8, 2023

Emma Corwin and Jack O'Connell have fantastic chemistry...you really feel their passion and growing love for one another.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Aug 10, 2023

Overall the film is a beautiful depiction of intimacy and pleasure that is one of the few films to treat sex with tenderness and grace.

| Jul 25, 2023

Emma Corrin and Jack O’ Connell shine in Netflix ‘s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s steamy, stunning, though a little too male-centric adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s novel.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 23, 2023

A drama along those lines can be trite ... or it may find something fresh and original to say. But if a filmmaker simply wants to do a “love story” about people from opposed social backgrounds, he or she has no real need of Lawrence’s novel.

| Feb 10, 2023

What it ultimately conjures up is, a pointless and vacant adaptation that is forgettable in its own modern mechanics.

| Jan 31, 2023

Erotically and artistically directed as a love story.

| Original Score: B- | Jan 26, 2023

Adaptation of D.H. Lawrence’s controversial novel placing the emphasis on love leading to a new life.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 30, 2022

Lady Chatterley’s Lover will surprise audiences with how much investment in its characters it is able to achieve. This is a slow burn of passion and storytelling that captures both the scandalous and heartwarming nature of its love story.

| Dec 24, 2022

This thoughtful film, scripted by Oscar-­nominee David Magee, touches on other themes explored in the novel, such as post-war trauma and the advance of industrialisation...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 23, 2022

While the screenplay doesn't do enough justice to the vigour and indignation of D H Lawrence's classic novel, the generous lead performances and the beautiful aesthetic definitely do

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 23, 2022

Told from Constance Reid’s point of view, the intense erotic awakening emerges forcefully thanks to Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell as Oliver.

| Dec 21, 2022

Except for the occasional explicit sex scene, it’s fairly typical Masterpiece Theatre-style fare, and then not an example of that genre’s highest quality.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 19, 2022

It invests both of the principals with character and pathos, so much so that you will be rooting for these two crazy kids to get together and do the beast with two backs forever...

| Dec 16, 2022

This may not be the best imaginable Lover—I’m not sure that film has yet been made—but it is more than good enough.

| Dec 13, 2022

The non-existent chemistry between the lovers reinforce the idea that this film is on automatic pilot.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 12, 2022

It’s a seductive, highly charged and intoxicating affair.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 10, 2022

O'Connell brings earthiness and subtlety, while the elegant Corrin undergoes a mesmerising emotional journey, casting off both inhibitions and clothing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2022

A sensual tingle rings through this effective period romance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2022