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Oscar and Lucinda

They dared to play the game of love, faith, and chance.

1997 · 2h 12m · R Drama, Romance
Directed by Gillian Armstrong

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Overview

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

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66%
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Fresh

This is after all a Gillian Anderson picture, which means the film's physical production is just as impressive as its spiritual apsiration; Cate Blanchett, in a role originally intended for Judy Davis, is bound to become a major star

Emanuel Levy, Variety
Rotten

There's a lack of dramatic focus, and the leads fail to evince any particular chemistry.

Mike Clark, USA Today

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