Rotten
For a movie that purports to be about the passions of love and language, Possession is remarkably prim.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Possession
The past will connect them. The passion will possess them.
2002 · 1h 42m · PG-13
Drama, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Neil LaBute
Overview
Maud Bailey, a brilliant English academic, is researching the life and work of poet Christabel La Motte. Roland Michell is an American scholar in London to study Randolph Henry Ash, now best-known for a collection of poems dedicated to his wife. When Maud and Roland discover a cache of love letters that appear to be from Ash to La Motte, they follow a trail of clues across England, echoing the journey of the couple over a century earlier.
Director and cast
- Neil LaBute Director
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Maud Bailey
- Aaron Eckhart as Roland Mitchell
- Jeremy Northam as Randolph Henry Ash
- Jennifer Ehle as Christabel LaMotte
- Lena Headey as Blanche Glover
- Holly Aird as Ellen Ash
- Elodie Frenck as Sabine
- Shelley Conn as Candi
- Holly Earl as May Bailey
- Kate O'Toole as Mrs. Jameson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
While the film probably won't leave you swooning, it is at least an earnest love letter to its transcendent source.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Rotten
This is Neil LaBute trying to do Jane Austen, from tone to subject matter to casting. And he's just no good at it.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Just about everything in this dry bit of business seems limp, building toward a poorly staged scene in a graveyard, which could be just where this slumbering bit of folly will land.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rotten
What's supposed to be a deep examination of the transcendence of love and art and poetry turns into another shallow film about how repressed the British are.
Eric Brace, Washington Post
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