Possession is finally too truncated for material that wants to be a sinuous six-hour miniseries.

| Jul 27, 2021

Glossy romance with pretty people.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2010

A film like this rides on the quality of the acting, and the Brits -- Northam and Ehle -- invest their forbidden love with centuries of fine repressed English tradition.

| Original Score: B | Sep 22, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 9, 2006

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 30, 2005

We are led to smile nostalgically about this extramarital affair, not to contemplate the cost of unfaithfulness.

| Original Score: C | Dec 6, 2004

| Original Score: 5/10 | Oct 7, 2004

| Original Score: D+ | Aug 7, 2004

Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart lead the cast, but their performances as modern characters rank second to Jeremy Northam and Jennifer Ehle.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 25, 2004

| Original Score: 84/100 | Mar 16, 2004

... LaBute shows he doesn't have to be mean-spirited to be an effective filmmaker.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 6, 2004

A idéia do amor trágico soa romântica para estes casais, o que é curioso. Mas, no geral, o filme é extremamente enfadonho.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 25, 2003

A sumptuous, century-spanning romantic epic ... in other words, the last thing you'd expect from Neil LaBute

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 27, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2003

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 10, 2003

Possession should be a rapturous, romantic film about an ancient passion so intense that it transcends historical boundaries. It should be, but it isn't.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 17, 2002

There's nothing harried or rushed about the editing - the story builds naturally and with a steady rhythm all its own.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Dec 17, 2002

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 8, 2002