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The Hours

The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.

2002 · 1h 54m · PG-13 Drama
Directed by Stephen Daldry

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The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

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Rotten

David Hare's screen adaptation reduces Woolf and her art to a set of feminist stances and a few plot points, without reference to style or form.

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh

A boldly realised, affecting work.

Derek Adams, Time Out
Rotten

A puzzling and forbidding strangeness.

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh

The film actually improves on Cunningham's novel, thanks to gorgeous cinematography, a deft script by playwright David Hare ... a mournful, melodious but never intrusive score by Philip Glass and a superb cast.

Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Fresh

A compelling, moving film that respects its audience and its source material.

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

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