Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Limerculer A waste of 90 minutes of my life

FrogGlace In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

classicsoncall As is so often the case, I'm very late in getting around to "The English Patient", in this case it's been a couple of decades. I recall the fanfare surrounding the movie when it was released, subsequently repeated when it was the winner of nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Told in a series of flashbacks, the story recounts the nature of an affair between Hungarian Count Laszlo de Almasy (Ralph Fiennes) and the married Englishwoman Katharine Clifton (Kristin Scott Thomas). Their passionate relationship ends in a double tragedy for both principals in a confluence of unrelated events, though it could be maintained just as Almasy stated in my summary line, that he was responsible for her death. One may argue the circumstances of Geoffrey Clinton's (Colin Firth) plane crash, though to my mind his attempt at murder/suicide failed only in the respect that his intended victim was the only one who survived. I can readily understand the conflicted opinions other reviewers bring to the table here. It's a difficult thing to weigh the difference between an unfaithful spouse and an affair that arises out of true love. On that score, I tend to reserve my sympathies on the side of Katharine and Almasy. Yet the story line throws in a complicated betrayal on the part of The Count, who offered his services to the Nazis in order to return to his injured lover in the desert. In that regard, I do not absolve Almasy for the courage of his convictions, even when he rationalizes that "thousands of people DID die, just different people". Evoking the grand sweep and epic proportions of "Lawrence of Arabia", the film is a haunting tale of love endured under compromising circumstances that ends unsparingly for the characters and viewer alike. The performances of all the principals are noteworthy, with a special nod to Juliette Binoche in her role as Almasy's nurse as his intricate story unfolds. To be fair, the film requires some patience, as it's nearly three hour run time will test the resolve of uncommitted viewers, though many will find their forbearance well rewarded.

videorama-759-859391 People have made jokes about this film, like me. I saw it for the first time last night, in it's entirety. This near two three quarter hour movie, is one you become more engrossed in, the longer you watch. One reason, is to find the catalyst, responsible for a plane that goes down, where survivor Fiennes (yeah, the reputable guy on airlines) a lone author who becomes involved in a fatal affair, that claims beauty, Kristin Scott Thomas, never looking sexier, here. He's working with an archaeologist team, from what I can see, in the wide spanning desert of Cairo, not a place you want to brake down in, Summer or fall, where it's headed by Firth, Kristin Scott's Thomas's husband. The fatal affair intensifies, as we go back and forth with a bed ridden, skinless, Fiennes who has practically lost his face, and other features, burnt beyond recognition (think the sloth victim in Se7en) where he's nursed by army sister, (Binoche, a wonderful actress) who has her eyes on someone else. She plays a quite damned, if a little reserved nurse, whose time and dedication to her patients, where I'm really talking Fiennes here, is much admired. Willem Dafoe plays a bit of a shadowy character, out for revenge against Fiennes, where I could piece the whole following scenario, as experiencing this love triangle in other films, but there's a little bit more to it, which I liked, Dafoe's reasons for his black woolen mitts. Here's a great film, with great actors and characters, especially the ambiguous one of Fiennes, which should be viewed, by those who haven't seen it, even 20 years after it's release. It's ending is sad and memorable, if bleak too, especially if you consider Fienne's fate. Great film, that will stay with you, after seeing it.

MArgie Martin I never saw a film where I just wanted to scream out "I AM BORED"! I don't care how many awards this boring film has won it is still a boring film. I am not a person who will love a movies because the Academy awarded it with Best Picture. That's is what they did here.In the final days of the Italian Campaign of World War II, Hana, a French-Canadian nurse working and living in a bombed-out Italian monastery, looks after a critically burned man who speaks English but cannot remember his name. They are joined by Kip, a Sikh sapper in the British Army who defuses bombs and has a love affair with Hana before leaving for Florence, and David Caravaggio, a Canadian Intelligence Corps operative who was questioned by Germans and has had his thumbs cut off during a German interrogation. Caravaggio questions the patient, who gradually reveals his past.This film could of had the same plot and been 1/2 sorter and it would have been 10x better. 20 years after it has won Best Picture it still gets me mad that this film won over "FARGO" and "Sling Blade"

Sameir Ali The English Patient is an amazing movie set in the World War II.Hana, A military nurse is taking care of a completely burned man. He has lost his memory too. At a point, during a journey, when it was almost impossible to travel with her dying patient, she finds shelter in an abandoned house. Soon, a thief joins them. His thumb fingers were cut off. That has some history to narrate in connection with her patient.The story progress as the memories come back to the patient. His love story is revealed here. Meanwhile, Hana develops her love towards a military officer, Kip. Kip was a Singh, (acted by Naveen Andrews, his parents are from Kerala, India) working in detecting bombs and disarm them. Hana believes she has a bad fate, that everyone she loves will die.The movie is a mixture of lust, love, trust, betrayal, revenge, fear, sympathy, adventure etc. Sometimes slow, but a definitely worth watch. The two stories are heart touching.Technical side and acting sides are brilliant. The movie bagged 9 Oscars out of 12.A must and worth watch Roance War Drama. #KiduMovie