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Ensemble drama starring Damian Lewis, Ralph Fiennes, Penelope Cruz and Kristin Scott Thomas. Marcus Aylesbury (Lewis) has his fair share of dilemmas and secrets in his family. His wife (Scott Thomas) can't tell the difference between a shrink and a shop, his eight-year-old son Orlando (Clem Tibber) spray paints his rabbit's name on the walls to get attention, while Orlando's godfather Stephen (Fiennes) lies half beaten to death in hospital. To make things worse Marcus' boss is drawing him into a scam which could cost him his career, his father (Ian Holm) has an illegitimate love child with his former mistress Gloria (Cruz), and his stepmother Penelope's (Harriet Walter) bond with her dogs is his best role model of a loving relationship.
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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful
By izzy
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a beautiful film, very understated but the resonance stays with one for a long time. Emotionally gripping, superbly acted, it has two strands of storyline with no apparent connection between a lawyer (Damian Lewis) with a high-powered city firm and a call girl (Penelope Cruz) dying of cancer, and their various friends and relations. At the opposite ends of the social spectrum, they are equally vulnerable and the ending for both of them is unbearably poignant. The symbolic high point is a deer shoot in Scotland at which point I had to pause the DVD and go away for half an hour before I had the guts to press play and face the final scenes. Brilliant!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Fredde
Format:DVD
One of those films that seems to have missed the media spotlight or was underrated at the time of release. A great film with a super cast.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
For reasons I'm entirely unable to understand, this wonderful film isn't available in North America. Fortunately I have a code free machine and ordered it here. I was mainly intrigued by the tremendous cast and the director, whose work in Onegin impressed me as some of the very finest in recent years. Chromophobia is no step back. To me, it is absolutely unfathomable why a director this fine isn't working all the time. If nothing else, and there are many other reasons "else", Ms. Fiennes is regularly able to assemble casts of the very finest of British actors, as well as from around the world. With the casts she directs, even mediocre scripts would make splendid films, but this is no mediocre script, merely a splendid film. I'd recommend it to anyone who is capable of understanding that excellence in film doesn't require a rap music track, lots of gunfire and an automobile chase. This is just wonderful work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Ignore the Reviews This is a brilliant film
This is a great film, one I will definitely watch again, probably several times as I feel there is more to be gained from it. Read more
Published 2 months ago by SCM
1.0 out of 5 stars
A set of completely uninteresting people leading boring lives
If you like watching movies in which none of the characters is even remotely sympathetic, and everybody leads an utterly boring life, and if you don't mind wasting two hours of... Read more
Published 8 months ago by M. Bijlsma
5.0 out of 5 stars
Almost absurdly relevant for 2012
I found it hard to believe (apart from the wallpaper in some scenes and perhaps the lavish nature of the wealth display) - that this film first appeared in 2003. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ms. Sarahjane Mackenzie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Unavailable in the U.S. of Idiots.
I had "Chromophobia" on my Netflix wish list for over a year. It was clear that Netflix wasn't going to move on obtaining it. Read more
Published 16 months ago by William Hargraves
4.0 out of 5 stars
unusual but good
Was really plesently suprised by this film, its pretty weird but very watchable and we really quite enjoyed it. good value for money
Published 18 months ago by L. S. Hubbard
3.0 out of 5 stars
chromophobia
the trouble with this film there were too many stars in it.each played a mediocre role and the whole mix was not gelling together an average film just good enough to watch on a wet... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. Lb Trinder
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not fine form for the Fienneses
This film had elements to make for good viewing, but could not deliver. Most of its cast is wasted here, particularly Harriet Walter and Penelope Cruz. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Anna Karenina
3.0 out of 5 stars
Middling ensemble film with an excellent cast
Given the talent on offer, it's a wonder a film like this might go under the radar. There is a tradition, even a bit of a joke, about these British ensemble movies which seem to... Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2010 by Philoctetes
3.0 out of 5 stars
Engrossing
I enjoyed this movie especially the performance of Kristin Scott-Thomas who never does a bad job.
Published on 9 July 2009 by Paul Morris
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