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Release Date: December, 2002 Retail Price: $14.99 OUR Price: $13.99 You SAVE: $1.00! Cast: Complete Cast (5 total) |
Iris Reviews
TRUE love story
*****
This is a movie all should watch to understand love. Ostensibly about the deterioration of a brilliant writer from Alzheimer's Disease, this movie is really the story of love...how love changes over time, and especially,...how love changes with the ravages of Alzheimer's.
It sensitized me to the gift that each person in our lives has to offer---young or old---sick or "well". I have a family member who is inflicted with illness whom I love and this film inspired me to continue on, to love better.
The acting is flawless. I didn't realize until I watched the special features in the DVD that the male lead was played by two different actors (one younger, one older)...and the transformation of Kate Winslet (the younger Iris) into Judi Dench (the older Iris) was perfect.
This is a film we all should own...and watch...again and again...to fully understand true love---which increases with age and familiarity, but is incredibly complex. Words cannot describe this film, which I would rate a "10" out of "5".
If you have read this far---go ahead, buy...or rent, then buy..."Iris".
*****
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
For those who prefer brief reviews: "IRIS" starring Judi Dench and Kate Winslet is a heart-wrenching film that speaks splendidly of LOVE: joys & sorrows all-in-one.
Images of the young Iris (Kate Winslet) & the man she will marry change like a jazz segue to the characters in their older years . . . and so quickly you MUST believe that Kate & Dame Judi are the same person! Which is not to take away from the power of Jim Broadbent ~~ in his illuminating role as the elder John Bayley.
So vibrant and convincing! One magical scene after another; and then, the devastation caused by what reviewer Fionan Meade called "the cruel erasure of Alzheimer's". But the themes of love and creativity cannot be diminished.
Many readers & film-goers will ultimately face dealing with this disease and it will be a heart-breaking & back-breaking experience. Reviewer mcHAIKU believes there is courage to be found in this adaptation and recommends it without reservation.
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