Mrs. Dalloway

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Mrs. Dalloway

PG-13,

1997,

1h 37m,

Drama

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71%

34 Reviews

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57%

1,000+ Ratings

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71%

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57%

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First seen in Virginia Woolf's novel, Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator and a doyenne of London's upper-crust party scene, Clarissa finds that the plight of ailing war veteran Septimus Warren Smith reminds her of a past romance with Peter Walsh. In flashbacks, young Clarissa explores her possibilities with Peter.

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Sep 7, 2011

A-

Director Marleen Gorris and screenwriter Eileen Atkins have done a remarkable job of suggesting the inner mental jumble Woolf strove to convey and constructing an exterior narrative of luminous beauty.

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

A highly romantic, deeply melancholy drama, the film offers psychological and existential insights about the inevitable effects - and price - of life choices.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3.5/4

The first act will be perplexing for those unfamiliar with the novel, but Redgrave's performance steers us through, and by the end we understand with complete, final clarity what the story was about.

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Jan Stuart

The Advocate

Jun 1, 2022

It's a complicated strategy -- the film manages to jump three time frames and locales before the end of the opening credits -- but it works.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Oct 1, 2005

3/5

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

Jun 12, 2004

2/5

Great story but stilted film.

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Theodore M

Apr 5, 2019

Vanessa Redgrave can deliver an internal monologue like no one else.

Finn P

Feb 24, 2017

Don't like Vanessa Redgrave. Slow

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Marleen Gorris

Director

Vanessa Redgrave

Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway

Natascha McElhone

Young Clarissa

Rupert Graves

Septimus Warren Smith

Michael Kitchen

Peter Walsh

John Standing

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Synopsis

First seen in Virginia Woolf's novel, Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator and a doyenne of London's upper-crust party scene, Clarissa finds that the plight of ailing war veteran Septimus Warren Smith reminds her of a past romance with Peter Walsh. In flashbacks, young Clarissa explores her possibilities with Peter.

Director: Marleen Gorris
Producer: Stephen Bayly, Lisa Katselas Paré
Screenwriter: Virginia Woolf, Eileen Atkins
Distributor: First Look
Production Co: First Look Pictures Releasing
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 4, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.3M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround

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