MOVIE - THE HOURS - Review Rating $$$$$ $$$$ (OUT OF 10)
STARRING - Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman (Virginia Woolf), Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Stephen Dillane & Allison Janney.
DIRECTOR - Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot)
Based on the 1998 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Cunningham.
The Hours is the story of how Virginia Woolf's novel, Mrs. Dalloway, impacts upon and influences the lives of three women; the author herself, a 50's housewife, and a modern day lesbian version of Martha Stewart.
What is most intriguing about The Hours is that, despite little actually happening, you almost immediately become engrossed in the intertwining stories of these three women. One of the reasons that you become caught up, so quickly, in The Hours is that the three women portrayed are all dynamic individuals facing compelling personal circumstances.
The second reason that your interest is maintained relates to the storytelling method employed. The story of the three women unfold in what essentially amounts to vignettes interrupted by vignettes from moments in the lives of the other two women.
Each vignette serves to further deftly develop the character of each our heroines and advance their story line. Each vignette is also a soap opera like cliffhanger in that they end at a point that leaves you wanting to know what happens next.
The third reason why The Hours is so compelling is the performances given by three of Hollywood's most talented leading actresses and a superb supporting cast.
The only failing in The Hours is the ending which I won't ruin for you by divulging it.
Go see The Hours, a movie so compelling the ending will seem like it arrives minutes after the film began. Those minutes are precious and filled with gems.
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