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The Deep Blue Sea
2011
Romance, Drama
1h 38m
Master chronicler of post-War England Terence Davies directs Rachel Weisz as a woman whose overpowering, obsessive love alienates the men around her and destroys her well-being. Based on Terence Rattigan's play, made famous by countless actresses. (tiff.net)
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Terence DaviesThe Deep Blue Sea
2011
Romance, Drama
1h 38m
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Rated 20 Feb 2012
75
77th
I don't get this remake. Where are all the sharks?!
Rated 20 Feb 2012
Rated 19 Dec 2012
84
75th
Beautifully rendered by Davies and his cast, this tragic tale of misdirected love succeeds especially because of its exquisite writing. The best scenes involve Weisz and Beale, whose careful, (re)strained relationship elicits an aching beauty. The film is a bit uneven when it involves Hiddleston, but still largely succeeds due to the careful observation and humanistic perspective that characterizes the direction. There are no easy answers or villains here--just the difficulties of life and love.
Rated 19 Dec 2012
Rated 28 Apr 2012
91
94th
Superbly lush adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play about the repressed Hester (Rachel Weisz) and her troubled affair with the cavalier Freddy (Tom Hiddleston) in post-WW2 England. Director/writer Terence Davies brings the stifling society of the era to powerful life with beautiful cinematography and a perfect cast: Weisz's frustration and Hiddleston's cruelty (one line in particular is astounding) devastate, as does Simon Russell Beale as Hester's painfully buttoned-down husband. A must-see.
Rated 28 Apr 2012
Rated 29 Jul 2012
61
59th
The most straight-forward and accessible Davies work i have seen, but he still manages to make it feel very much of a piece with the rest of his oeuvre (even down to the singing!). Consequentially it may be his most immediately emotionally engaging film, but is also ultimately a fairly unadulterated theatrical melodrama.
Rated 29 Jul 2012
Rated 30 Nov 2011
66
10th
Tough for me to enjoy. Like other Terence Davies films it's so much a mood piece about capturing the essence of a place and time in history, that narratively it seems barren and the characters are mad, illogical, unrefined sketches. The pacing is at odds with the scenes of dramatic conflict and it's clear that much more love has gone into dressing, lighting and photographing the sets than script polishing or acting rehearsals. It's an art piece but as narrative cinema it falls completely flat.
Rated 30 Nov 2011
Rated 22 Jan 2013
70
46th
Weisz delivers an absolutely agonizing performance that shows some of the most believable vulnerability I've ever seen. The emotional frustration kept me from loving it, but the wonderful cast and brown hues are something special. LL does not battle sharks, however.
Rated 22 Jan 2013
Rated 08 May 2015
79
77th
Lyrical, intelligent and intoxicating film about the romantic longing. Very well acted and exquisitely stylized, it manages to transform a somewhat stagey story into a richly cinematic experience that also deals with human memory & atmosphere in postwar Britain. In the end everything in it is well worn and somewhat unremarkable but if you're in the right mood, it offers some intense melancholic romance.
Rated 08 May 2015
Rated 26 Mar 2012
30
78th
"Its director's romantic sensibilities wed to Terrence Rattigan's 60-year-old play, this period drama is buoyed by Rachel Weisz's poignant embodiment of a bourgeois wife seeking erotic autonomy." - Bill Weber
Rated 26 Mar 2012
Rated 10 Jul 2012
7
57th
Not only does it generate a fantastic period feel, its notion of repressed desires and passionate longing isn't bound by the constraints of its period or the characteristics of its genre. Davies keeps a firm hand on the tiller, notably in the realization Hester eventually comes; None can offer what she longs for but it's no one's fault really. Some neat tracking shots and something about an echoed Molly Malone amid London's underground filled my heart with irrepressible warmth.
Rated 10 Jul 2012
Rated 16 May 2017
4
74th
Strong affectations in design, performance, and sound conjure up the past, or rather the exaggerated senses by which one recalls the past. Davies is always devoted more to the tenor of a narrative rather than its conventional development. It's a philosophy I like, and this film crushes me.
Rated 16 May 2017
Rated 27 Apr 2014
80
34th
You know the part in Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill where he's talking about the difference between American and British films? The entire time I was watching this, I was expecting someone to start arranging matches and address a character with, "what is it Sebastian?" This isn't to say American films are better -- I like American films for action and English films for drama -- but this just didn't work for me. I didn't hate it; I just didn't really like it.
Rated 27 Apr 2014
Rated 22 Feb 2013
85
59th
I have to concede that it is a bit boring at times, but Rachel Weisz's performance ranks among the best of the year and it looks stunning throughout.
Rated 22 Feb 2013
Rated 16 Jan 2013
75
66th
Rachel Weisz gives what is arguably her best performance to date in this exquisite drama about obsessive love and its perils.
Rated 16 Jan 2013
Rated 13 Feb 2018
68
66th
(Viewed on 05/04/14): A typically gorgeous and melancholy reflection on time and memory by Davies that's also about desire and repression. Weisz gives a surprisingly sensual and sympathetic turn as a woman who trades financial security for sexual pleasure and pays a personal price. Davies paints a rather gloomy and atmospheric portrait of post-war England that traps his characters in the frame like faded old photographs, but it's too dramatically conventional to praise unreservedly.
Rated 13 Feb 2018
Rated 09 Apr 2017
78
70th
Gorgeous to look at and some great performances by Weisz and Hiddleston.
Rated 09 Apr 2017
Rated 31 Dec 2012
50
18th
her zamanki bilindik hikaye. kati mizacli, anti romantik biraz yasli yargic ile evlenen hatun; asker havali, romantik yakisikli gence asik oluyor. filmin odak noktasi asiri ask tutkusunun getirdigi yan etkileri islemesi.
Rated 31 Dec 2012
Rated 15 Nov 2018
57
48th
I have very little sympathy for these cruel and foolish people. Maybe passion was hard to come by in post-war London, and the well-meaning conservative advice from the elders thus easier to ignore, but for heartache, I'd still recommend taking the proverbial long walk in the park, and then getting back to work. Maybe watch a movie.
Rated 15 Nov 2018
Rated 12 Sep 2021
87
82nd
Amor Profundo estreava há 10 anos no Festival de Toronto. Com Terence Davies nunca tem erro. Quem mais tem esse traquejo em mostrar um relacionamento destrutivo de forma madura assim? Blu-ray Imagem Filmes.
Rated 12 Sep 2021
Rated 29 Sep 2021
20
3rd
I hate rating anything with Weisz or Hiddleston poorly but this was so terrible I gave up trying to watch it. I didn't even care to fast forward just to see what happened. I have no time or pity for manipulative obsessive melodrama of this sort.
Rated 29 Sep 2021
Rated 16 Nov 2021
68
32nd
It's undeniably stuffy, and comes across a bit one-dimensional and wooden. The two leads do well and overall create a believable sense of love being found and lost and found, which other films tend to screw up most of the time. Great cinematography that somehow evokes this time period.
Rated 16 Nov 2021
Rated 05 May 2022
83
27th
Weisz was a talented beauty to behold, but this production by Davies was a bit to thin to leave me satisfied.
Rated 05 May 2022
Rated 04 Jul 2022
70
41st
Mesmerising, hypnotic, infuriating. Absurd ending though, almost comical
Rated 04 Jul 2022
Rated 11 Jan 2013
4
55th
terence davies views the past through glasses forged in amber and, he might suggest, ocean blue.
Rated 11 Jan 2013
Rated 04 Dec 2011
95
87th
There is so much to be said about this...but I shan't say it. Suffice to say, any film this beautiful with Simon Russell Beale and Ann Mitchell in it is worthy of your consideration!
Rated 04 Dec 2011
Rated 07 Jan 2013
10
38th
Rated 10 Jun 2012
7
41st
A tragic romance in the Anna Karenina vein, not to be confused with that one with the sharks. Not very memorable, but still moving and beautifully dreamy to look at.
Rated 10 Jun 2012
Rated 19 Oct 2012
6
43rd
Beautiful cinematography creates a time, place and mood, but the characters are a little unlovable and it has all the features of a stage play.
Rated 19 Oct 2012
Rated 21 Jan 2015
15
1st
One of the most tedious films I've ever watched - each scene is excruciatingly drawn out, all while saying nothing with bland and generic writing. The plot is uninteresting, and we dive straight into the meat of it before there is ever a chance to learn about the characters.
Rated 21 Jan 2015
Rated 13 Mar 2014
42
57th
Really quite beautifully understated and well-acted. Still, something about this really rubbed me the wrong way at the time, but I don't recall what.
Rated 13 Mar 2014
Rated 18 Aug 2012
4
51st
The talent is obvious, but not nearly as is the film itself, with its soft focus lighting, frequent use of the word 'uncouth', and enough tears to drown a city. If nothing else, they picked an excellent title, which means of course that it's probably exactly what you expect. Overall, it's never quite captivating. The script attempts to make up for the lack of psychological depth by relying upon overblown, simplistic emotionality.
Rated 18 Aug 2012
Rated 02 Jan 2013
90
90th
England's greatest living film-maker, Terence Davies, directs a stunning Rachel Weisz in a classic script that's both a sentimental and ruthless not-quite requited love story. The graceful camera movements, the exquisite shot compositions, the perfect, as always, soundtrack, all contribute to an emotionally immersive experience. One of the best of the year.
Rated 02 Jan 2013
Rated 20 Dec 2012
85
18th
1074: don't like it!
Rated 20 Dec 2012
Rated 16 May 2013
80
85th
From the very first sequence -- a silent and melancholic examination of a woman and her catalogue of memories -- I felt completely attracted and mesmerized to Davies' sense of turning highly emotional situations into scenes immersed in bleakness, quiet despair and overwhelming (but mute) tragedy. It's also an interesting take on sexuality -- she falls not for the men who provides for her, but for the one who gives her pleasure -- and post-War ruptures with the past.
Rated 16 May 2013
Rated 18 Nov 2011
74
57th
I'm not a pensioner, or a fan of melodrama, so this had a hard job to win me over. Nevertheless, I can really appreciate the old-fashioned artistry with which it was made - the art design is great (so brown!), and there are some wonderful, floating tracking shots. And Weisz is luminous, as usual.
Rated 18 Nov 2011
Rated 08 Apr 2012
22
70th
Music provides a certain color to this movie, especially in a scene at a subway where it appears Hester might try to take her own life again, but instead, it flashes back to civilians hiding out down there during the Blitz, forlornly singing "Molly Malone" in an impressive long-take tracking shot, facing as uncertain a future as Hester does currently.
Rated 08 Apr 2012
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