The End Of The Affair

Year:	1955
Country:	UK
Language:	English
Genre:	Drama, Romance
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Rating:	4.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	1 Has Seen


Director	Edward Dmytryk
Selected Cast	Deborah Kerr as Sarah Miles
	Van Johnson as Maurice Bendrix
	John Mills as Albert Parkis
	Peter Cushing as Henry Miles

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The End Of The Affair - Columbia TriStar - USA (2000)

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Magic Marmalade 9th May 2020		Rated 4/10 This is not a Romance... It's an essay on romantic tragedy. I've not read the Graham Greene novel that this was based on, but I have read some of his work... ...And although this is said to have been based on his own experience, and the character of Bendrix based on him, if you were to take this as any measure, you'd say love or romance was not his strong point. The novel itself seems to be highly regarded as a tragic romantic novel, but this film, it's screenplay, the composition of the film, the direction, and even the lead performances are very clunky, cold, and unconvincing. Van Johnson effectively plays his character like Sam Spade in a stock Private Eye movie, and Deborah Kerr is as wooden, cold, and unsympathetic as you can get... at least, for the first half of the movie. Because that's how the film is divided, into two perspectives, the later one revealing certain facts that cast a new light on what you've just seen previously, but it would take a much better film-maker to make this work, as it jumps across years at a time, having realised it doesn't have the stamina to go into too much depth on passages it embarks on, as the dialogue is essentially what appears to be what Greene narrated in the book...Johnson basically delivers sermons at Kerr's face, about the nature of love, her love, their love, and the mystical and philosophical nature of love, while she stands mostly mute and expressionless. It does warm up a little when the ever reliable Peter Cushing has a little more involvement, and John Mills enters the scene as a Dickens character inspired Private Detective (Ironic) that Johnson hires to follow Kerr... both of these two bring a naturalness and warmth we know, but in doing so, only serve to highlight the extent of the wooden nature of Johnson and Kerr's performances and characters. Mostly, it's tedious, and other than seeing what other adaptations there are, and how well they do, maybe reading the book itself might be a better bet, as Greene is a much better writer than this weak film shows. But if you're looking for a swoony romance, look elsewhere, this is like reading the phone book. 3 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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