90 out of 100

A film that really succeeds in its attempt to time slice and stitch multiple stories across time together unlike so many others that fail at this, solidified by a strong cast and acting at a high level meryl streeps performance was mesmerising and julliannes also superb, Kidmans prosthetic nose as Virginia Wolfe was a little distracting, yet she provides such a good performance she acts her way out of you noticing it after a while. Ed Harris pulls out an amazing perfomance in this film, in fact to be honest this is one of those rare films in which every actor seems to have simultaneously magically brought their A game into a single confluence of genius. Fantastic work all round, everyone who worked on this film should rightfully be proud of it, great casting, fantastic writing with believable dialog, believable characterisations. A strong film in which both users and critics reviews are seemingly in agreement a good sign, if you only like action or violent films then don’t view, if you want to see a portayal of the range and depth of human psychological existence and life then you will enjoy this film. Philip Greens soundtrack is masterful and moving, this film is what the ‘art’ of cinema was invented for, beware it may well move you to tears as real human existence can.