The Hollywood Reporter by Clarence Tsui
While certainly lushly mounted, Two Women is at best a piece of dated heritage cinema, and at worst cliche-ridden pomp.
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Russia, France, United Kingdom · 2014
Rated PG · 1h 40m
Director Vera Glagoleva
Starring Ralph Fiennes, Sylvie Testud, Aleksandr Baluev, Larisa Malevannaya
Genre Drama, Romance
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Based on Turgenev's play. Natalya Petrovna, a headstrong young woman, is married to a rich landowner seven years her senior. Dissatisfied with her mundane life, she welcomes the affection from her admirers without letting it develop into an affair. Finally, the arrival of a handsome tutor puts an end to her boredom. A story of rivalry and jealousy ensues...
The Hollywood Reporter by Clarence Tsui
While certainly lushly mounted, Two Women is at best a piece of dated heritage cinema, and at worst cliche-ridden pomp.
Los Angeles Times by Gary Goldstein
A handsomely mounted if largely melodramatic affair that gains steam as it gives way to truer emotions and bits of veiled humor.
Handsomely shot but rather inert adap of mid-19th-century play A Month in the Country.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It takes time to grow on you, but for me, there is a demure watchability.
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