- Actors: Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller, Marie Kean, Ian McNeice
- Directors: Jack Clayton
- Writers: Peter Nelson, Brian Moore
- Producers: Denis O'Brien, George Harrison, Peter Nelson, Richard Johnson
- Format: NTSC
- Number of tapes: 1
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- VHS Release Date: Oct 12 1988
- Run Time: 116 minutes
- ASIN: 630112314X
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,381 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great performance!, July 12 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (VHS Tape)
Maggie Smiths is phenomenal! Her portrayal of the lonely spinster Judith Hearne is impeccable. The scene where she drinks alone is really heartbreaking. Bob Hoskins is equally good as James Madden who broke her heart due to mutual misunderstanding. In fact, there is no bad acting in this movie. I, however, have conflicting feelings about the concluding scenes (Madden visiting Hearne at the hospital) which are not in the novel. These might be the only scenes showing clearly Madden's lonliness and really draw a balance between the two main characters. But the character of Madden is made a little too desperate for money here and somewhat contradictory to how he behaves in the rest of the movie.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Best Films of the 80's, May 10 2005
By G P Padillo "paolo" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (VHS Tape)
As Judith, Maggie Smith turns in the performance of a lifetime and oneof the best and most complete portrayals by any actor on film. This is
an astonishing film, full of bleak Irish heartbreak, yet with the
promise of hope.
Smith is a no less than a revelation in the title role and one cannot
help but route for this desperate character even when all looks
hopeless. The screenplay had been fought over for years by actresses of
every stripe, with, for a while, Jane Fonda, leading the pack of
actresses trying to get Judith onto the screen. It's a good thing
Maggie Smith won out.
The ensemble cast of actors led by Bob Hoskins is fully up to Smith's
standard and the emotional wallops this movie packs are big ones
indeed.
George Delarue's score is simply perfect underlying with the exact
weight and gravity - and sweetness - of every situation.
When is this thing coming out on DVD? It's simply ridiculous it hasn't
yet appeared.
Highest recommendation.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
heartbreaking Maggie Smith, July 2 2000
By Peter Shelley "petershelley" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (VHS Tape)
Maggie Smith hasn't played the lead for such a long time that part of the joy of this 1987 British film directed by Jack Clayton is seeing her again. Based on the wonderful novel by Irish Brian Moore published in 1955, this project was optioned at various times by Geraldine Page, Katharine Hepburn, Rachel Roberts and Deborah Kerr but circumstances failed them. Perhaps we were lucky to have waited for Smith since she is heartbreakingly good as the aging spinster who has her last chance at romance when she moves into a Dublin boardinghouse. Smith's large sorrowful dark blue eyes express the waste of her life and her yearning for happiness yet she is never pathetic, even when we see her lying about her relationship with American Bob Hoskins. Their romance is a based on a misunderstanding that you wait to unravel. I particularly like the scene after Smith has learnt the truth when she gets progressively drunker and funnier as she talks to a family who barely tolerate her visits. Hoskins acts with his eyebrows, like a hyper-Groucho, though strangely his weakness adds a dimension to the ending. Worth noting are Marie Kean as the landlady, whose smiles conceal malice; Ian McNeice as her son, a piggy Dylan Thomas; and the lovely music of Georges Delerue.
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