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Sophie's Choice (1982) Reviews

Sophie's Choice (1982)
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The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNichol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend, Polish refugee Sophie Zawistowska (Oscar-winner Meryl Streep). There is something unsettling about the relationship; Nathan is subject to violent mood swings, while Sophie seems to be harboring a horrible secret. Stingo soons learns that both Nathan and Sophie are strangers to truth; the audience is likewise led down several garden paths by a series of sepia-toned flashbacks, depicting Sophie's ordeal in a wartime concentration camp. The scene in which we discover the facts behind Sophie's "choice" is a gut-wrenching one; it might have been even more powerful had not the film taken so long to get there. It is betraying nothing to reveal that the character of Stingo is the alter ego of William Styron, upon whose best-selling novel the film was based. The film is rated R, due in great part to a disposable scene wherein Stingo tries to put the make on a "liberated" female intellectual. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, (more)
Director(s):
Alan J. Pakula
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Format(s):
DVD
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Jennifer B.

This movie was wonderful. Meryl Streep did a great job. I'm sorry I didn't see it in the theater.

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Neil W.

No questions asked, this should be mandatory viewing. Almost 30 years later, it still remains Streep's finest performance. Excellent acting accompanied by an excellent script. Don't miss this one.

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Glenda and joseph B.

Thought-provoking. Streep is amzaing with accents...so believable, you forget it's her. Offers insight into the suffering of others and how they deal with it.

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Margaret H.

Heartwrenchin movie. The performances were fantastic! Margaret

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Thomas N.

Excellent movie. Takes a bit to get going but well worth the wait

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Margaret M.

Excellent Movie. Very Intense at times. Loved it.

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AMANDA K.

It was slow, but the message of the movie itself was powerful.

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Sandra M.

The performances were good for the 45 minutes that I watched, but I was not captured enough by the story at this point to care about finishing the movie.

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Debra F.

couldn't hear what she was saying for alot of the movie..her voice was too soft no mater how loud I played the sound. Got frustrated and stopped the movie

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Rita F.

DO NOT RENT THIS MOVIE; IT DOESN'T WORK; IT'S DEFECTIVE. bOCKBUSTER MAKES NO COMPENSATION WHEN THIS HAPPENS

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    Jennifer B.

    This movie was wonderful. Meryl Streep did a great job. I'm sorry I didn't see it in the theater.

    Yes   |   No

     
    Neil W.

    No questions asked, this should be mandatory viewing. Almost 30 years later, it still remains Streep's finest performance. Excellent acting accompanied by an excellent script. Don't miss this one.

    Yes   |   No

     
    Glenda and joseph B.

    Thought-provoking. Streep is amzaing with accents...so believable, you forget it's her. Offers insight into the suffering of others and how they deal with it.

    Yes   |   No

     
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