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45 Years
Overview
As they are preparing to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, Geoff (Tom Courtenay) and Kate (Charlotte Rampling) are stunned to learn that the body of Geoff's ex-fiancée Katya has been found, more than 50 years after she disappeared during a vacation in Switzerland. This discovery prompts Kate to dig more deeply into her husband's previous relationship, which leads to further unforeseen revelations in this gripping drama.
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Andrew Haigh - Director
Charlotte Rampling
Tom Courtenay
Details
- Format: Blu-ray
- UPC: 715515193115
- Genre: DRAMA
- Rating: R (MPAA)
- Release Date: March 2017
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"For a seemingly simply told tale with minimal dialogue, Haigh uses a number of subtle devices to clue us in to what is really happening without resorting to cheap gimmicks." - 12/23/2015 RogerEbert.com
"45 YEARS is a quietly explosive movie, a potent drama with a nuanced feel for subtlety and emotional complications." - 12/31/2015 Los Angeles Times
"[T]his is a film of no wasted scenes or unnecessary subplots, stripped down to something tough and focused and vivid." -- Grade: A - 12/21/2015 A.V. Club
"[A] sensitive and devastating portrait of a long, happy marriage in sudden crisis..." - 12/22/2015 New York Times
"Courtenay is a gruff and gratifyingly knotty presence, but in the end it’s Rampling’s movie. In a quiet, beautifully calibrated performance completely stripped of actressy tricks, she’s a revelation." -- Grade: A- - 12/17/2015 Entertainment Weekly
"Modestly paced, carefully composed and emotionally curbed though it may be, 45 YEARS is permitted a major element of dramatic underpinning." - 02/06/2015 Variety
"[With] finely calibrated performances and deep reserves of inner torment." - 02/06/2015 Hollywood Reporter
"Haigh established himself in WEEKEND as a master of understatement; 45 YEARS confirms that not showing us is absolutely his forte." - 12/17/2015 Film Comment
3.5 stars out of 4 -- "45 YEARS casts a hell of a spell. And Courtenay and Rampling reward the film with performances of uncommon subtlety and feeling." - 01/06/2016 Rolling Stone
"[I]t’s Haigh’s tremendous lead actors that make the movie. They’re a convincing couple: Courtenay is absent-minded and untidy; Rampling is cool and controlled." - 01/21/2016 Chicago Sun-Times
"It usually takes a few decades to sort these things out, but it’s just possible that what Charlotte Rampling does in 45 YEARS may someday be considered one of the greatest performances by an actress in the history of the movies." - 01/22/2016 Boston Globe
"This is a tour de force example of what actors mean when they say 'interior work,' as Rampling embodies a woman reacting and reflecting, and thinking hard about the nature of true love." - 01/21/2016 Washington Post
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