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Onegin

A magical era. A passionate longing. A love that spans time.

1999 · 1h 44m · R Drama, Romance
Directed by Martha Fiennes

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Overview

A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
48%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Onegin is as pretty a picture as anyone could want of a Russian lit-flick ...

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh

The heart of Pushkin's celebrated classic pumps firm and full in debuting director Martha Fiennes' richly textured pic version.

Derek Elley, Variety
Rotten

There is a cool, mannered elegance to the picture that I like, but it's dead at its center.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

The film's only real flaw -- alas, a substantial one -- is that its pace is too deliberate and gets more deliberate as it goes along.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten

Unable to capture either its wit, psychological acuity, or formal rigor, the movie essentially reduces the schematic, seesaw narrative to doomy cliches.

Dennis Lim, Village Voice

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