1996 Directed by Anthony Minghella
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love, betrayal, and politics.
Ralph Fiennes Juliette Binoche Willem Dafoe Kristin Scott Thomas Naveen Andrews Colin Firth Julian Wadham Torri Higginson Jürgen Prochnow Kevin Whately Clive Merrison Nino Castelnuovo Hichem Rostom Peter Rühring Geordie Johnson Liisa Repo-Martell Raymond Coulthard Philip Whitchurch Jason Done Roger Morlidge Simon Sherlock Sebastian Schipper Fritz Eggert Sonia Mankaï Rim Turkhi Sebastian Rudolph Thoraya Sehill Sondos Belhassen Gregor Truter Show All…
The more that I watch this film, the more it creeps up my top 100 film's of all time list. This film is an overlooked gem nowadays, even though it won a lot of awards back in 96.
An undeniable masterpiece and it almost puts every other film ever made to shame. Seriously give it another try if you don't believe me and if you have watched it more than once and you still aren't a fan then what can I say.
The direction and storytelling are impeccable and the cast all around are outstanding! Especially Juliette Binoche! And Ralph Fiennes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Willem Dafoe, Naveen Andrews (brilliant) and Colin Firth and freaking amazing.
Yep, I like this movie just as much as Taxi Driver, 2001 A Space Odyssey, Magnolia and Pulp Fiction...rounding out my top 5 film's.
A sweeping epic tale of an ill fated love that transcends distance, time and even death!
I found the slow reveal thru a series of flashbacks to be deliriously intoxicating!
Extraordinary performances by one and all! However I felt Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche performances were beyond exceptional!
The visuals were absolutely breathtaking!
The English Patient was another of those sweeping romantic dramas that took home a host of Academy Awards back in 1997. Nine wins from twelve nominations saw director Anthony Minghella's film eclipse all expectations, but yet again there were detractors that claimed the film didn't merit the adulation. Twenty years later, some people still question that fact, so how good is The English Patient?
Those five stars should say it all, but 1996 was actually a year where there wasn't a plethora of top notch movies vying for the top awards. Fargo was great, Secrets and Lies was an interesting watch, and Jerry Maguire made people smile, but real contenders to The English Patient's epic romance were scarce. Ralph Fiennes…
Until tonight, all I knew about 'The English Patient' was what I learned from that episode of "Seinfeld" where Elaine attempts to avoid the film at all costs.
It's quite old-fashioned and rather indulgent, but I found it to be surprisingly lovely.
Kristin Scott Thomas is becoming my favorite actress of all time.
Ralph Fiennes is superb, and handsome as fuck during flashbacks, in his role of a disfigured man that isn't named Voldemort.
Juliette Binoche is absolutely divine.
Willem Dafoe, one of the greatest actors around, is just as terrific as you'd expect him to be.
I'm not the type of person who respects the Oscars or the vast majority of films that it awards each year, but this…
The casting director of Harry Potter must’ve seen Ralph Fiennes’s disfigured face in The English Patient and thought, “Oh he’d make a great Voldemort!”
Having to endure this a second time as part of my Best Picture viewing project with my mother was unfortunate. I guess I did enjoy it slightly more this time. Some of the drama rang a little truer for me. Still, this movie is too long by at least an hour. The poor pacing undercuts much of the drama and emotion. This story doesn't need the large epic treatment, similarly to how I felt about Out of Africa. Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche give good performances, to be fair, but I couldn't really care about much of what happens to them.
A not so plum plum for me.
It begins at 1158/1469
The English Patient < Love, Simon
The English Patient…
162 minutes long banal romanticisation of infidelity over "Fargo"??!! Beats me. Painstakingly snail-paced, "The English Patient" demands a lot of - loads of - patience.
Well, some consider this film really dull, i consider this beautiful, terrific and poetic, yet, excesively developmented with a pace that almost kill it with a plot that could evolve perfectly in less time, delivering a (almost) maddening experience; but hey, is nowhere a bad movie, i love the acting, technically is perfect, and it really gets emotive and interesting.
In a nutshell, an Miramax film, in purest form.
What I like: Ralph Fiennes
What I didn't like: Two and a half hours of my life wasted because of romanticizing cheating
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