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Hester Collyer (Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz) leads a privileged life in 1950s London as the beautiful wife of high court judge Sir William Collyer (Simon Russell Beale). To the shock of those around her, she walks out on her marriage to move in with young ex-RAF pilot, Freddie Page (Tom Hiddleston), with whom she has fallen passionately in love. Set in post-war Britain, this adaptation of Terence Rattigan s classic play, The Deep Blue Sea is a study of forbidden love, suppressed desire, and the fear of loneliness but is at heart a deeply moving love story. Stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, what - or whom - should Hester choose?
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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The stately, almost staccato pace of some of Terence Davies' films can make them difficult to watch; the technique occasionally feels like a none-too-subtle attempt to imbue scenes with an importance they might not otherwise possess. Fortunately, in The Deep Blue Sea, it works extremely well, helping to punctuate the shift between the past and the present, stave off sentimentality and reflect the main character's state of mind. Set soon after the Second World War, this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play examines twenty-four hours in the life of Hester as she recovers from a failed suicide attempt and looks back on an ill-fated love affair with an RAF pilot. Rachel Weisz is mesmerising in the lead role - using an unusual accent and dreamy vocal delivery to suggest Hester's leap into unconventionality - but Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston (a rising star, if ever there was one) are equally affecting. A moving, melancholy and quite beautiful piece of work.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I found this to be richly vivid filmmaking, but it won't be to everyone's taste. Avoid if you can't stomach languid, moodily subjective films. Watch if you love Letter from an Unknown Woman.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Mesmerised by the choreography between the pin-point dialogue, the sumptuous eye for detail within worn frames of scenes and the sounds of music, birds, cases and delicate places. I was hooked from beginning to end.
There were so many pit-falls set for this production and it easily avoided them all. Originality saw to that. Terence Davis made a film; he did not film a play. I hung on every nuance. It was as though I lived those times.
I loved the swings and shifts, for there was so much room for understanding to come in and settle down by the fire. In the Public House or the Underground. In the past or in the present. Individuals getting along with each other. Watch it on your own, in the dark with a good speaker system.
This aching country reflects its leaden subjects. Judges and landladies avoiding the rest. Sophocles would be out of his depth.
There were so many pit-falls set for this production and it easily avoided them all. Originality saw to that. Terence Davis made a film; he did not film a play. I hung on every nuance. It was as though I lived those times.
I loved the swings and shifts, for there was so much room for understanding to come in and settle down by the fire. In the Public House or the Underground. In the past or in the present. Individuals getting along with each other. Watch it on your own, in the dark with a good speaker system.
This aching country reflects its leaden subjects. Judges and landladies avoiding the rest. Sophocles would be out of his depth.
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an adult film
How fantastic to watch a film that's nuanced, subtle and open to interpretation. What a relief from the usual kids' stuff
Published 17 days ago by Alice
Hmmm, not for me
Don't get me wrong, I like many kinds of films but Deep Blue Sea simply left me cold and utterly untouched. Read more
Published 1 month ago by orfiethefilmbuff
Sweet Hester floated into his shadow
A picture of a street then the text 'London' followed by 'Around 1950' gives us the first indication that this is going to be a desperate tale of loneliness and isolation. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Rayfer Jarndis
An Affair To Remember
It was not to be expected that a director with Terence Davies' background and reputation would be content to make a straightforward film version of Terence Rattigan's classic stage... Read more
Published 1 month ago by M. J. Nelson
deep blue sea BD
Kindly note those of us who have a Hearing Problem that this release unfortunately does not have SUB-TITLES of any description on either the Blu-ray or DVD... Read more
Published 2 months ago by martyn cros
Utterly misconceived
I haven't seen the DVD, but I have just returned from paying good money to see the film in the cinema. Read more
Published 4 months ago by michael H
Laborious, depressing and, quite frankly, horribly boring
This film was destined to be polarising from the very beginning. Effectively an Art House depiction of despair and the longing to break free of social shackles. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Makistrak
More of a Shallow Blue Lake
Although I was expecting a brittle and dated unhappy love affair, this remake of Rattigan's play proves quite moving up to a point. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Antenna
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