Shadowlands Reviews
Beautiful film about marriage and how faith can help you get through the toughest of times
| Original Score: 9/10 | May 8, 2019
It's not hard to see what drew Richard Attenborough to the story. It is a character-driven piece with two potent leading roles, and he is a former actor known for teasing outstanding performances from his cast.
| Nov 14, 2017
| Original Score: A- | Oct 29, 2008
Biting down on his pipe, his shirt collar permanently askew, Hopkins assays another concerted study in English repression -- a condition unexpectedly relieved by Winger's brash intelligence and brittle wit.
| Jun 24, 2006
Superlative acting by Hopkins and Winger elevates this fictionalized late-in-life romance between the repressed British scholar and writer C.S. Lewis and the American Jewish housewife-poet who introduces him to sex and rejuvenates his life.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 30, 2005
This is the biggest tear-jerker you could ever see.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 6, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2005
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 24, 2004
Really Touching stuff. Performances get no better
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 18, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2003
Here is Mr. Hopkins giving an amazingly versatile and moving performance, shifting the light in those knowing blue eyes to reveal endless shadings between delight and sorrow.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | May 20, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 20, 2003
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 7, 2002
Glossy and effective, but not as good as the Joss Ackland version.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 22, 2002
Anthony Hopkins gives one of his best performances (there are so many) in this film.
| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 21, 2002
A deeply personal and moving love story filled with many moments of beauty, joy and healing.
| Aug 20, 2002
A great weepy for people of all sexes
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 26, 2002
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2002
Debra Winger is engaging and Anthony Hopkins is bloody marvelous.
| Jan 9, 2002