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The Hours

  • 2002
  • PG-13
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
145K
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Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, and Meryl Streep in The Hours (2002)
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The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

  • Director
    • Stephen Daldry
  • Writers
    • Michael Cunningham
    • David Hare
  • Stars
    • Meryl Streep
    • Nicole Kidman
    • Julianne Moore
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    145K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,330
    155
    • Director
      • Stephen Daldry
    • Writers
      • Michael Cunningham
      • David Hare
    • Stars
      • Meryl Streep
      • Nicole Kidman
      • Julianne Moore
    • 720User reviews
    • 134Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 43 wins & 126 nominations total

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    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Clarissa Vaughan
    Nicole Kidman
    Nicole Kidman
    • Virginia Woolf
    Julianne Moore
    Julianne Moore
    • Laura Brown
    Stephen Dillane
    Stephen Dillane
    • Leonard Woolf
    Miranda Richardson
    Miranda Richardson
    • Vanessa Bell
    George Loftus
    • Quentin Bell
    Charley Ramm
    • Julian Bell
    Sophie Wyburd
    • Angelica Bell
    Lyndsey Marshal
    Lyndsey Marshal
    • Lottie Hope
    • (as Lyndsay Marshal)
    Linda Bassett
    Linda Bassett
    • Nelly Boxall
    Christian Coulson
    Christian Coulson
    • Ralph Partridge
    Michael Culkin
    Michael Culkin
    • Doctor
    John C. Reilly
    John C. Reilly
    • Dan Brown
    Jack Rovello
    Jack Rovello
    • Richie
    Toni Collette
    Toni Collette
    • Kitty
    Margo Martindale
    Margo Martindale
    • Mrs. Latch
    Colin Stinton
    Colin Stinton
    • Hotel Clerk
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Richard Brown
    • Director
      • Stephen Daldry
    • Writers
      • Michael Cunningham
      • David Hare
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    lou-50

    Mrs Dalloway goes out to buy flowers

    "The Hours" is about time - time we have left to make our lives enjoyable or to spend it in misery. It features the lives of three women, which might explain why half the film-goers (the males) might not want to see it and why it was left out of Ebert and Roeper's Top 10 films. If that perception is true, that would be a shame. "The Hours" is a wonderfully crafted film about universal themes of life and death, suppression and freedom, and unresolved love. That it is told from the viewpoint of three women should not diminish any of its appeal. Virginia Woolf must combat her life long mental affliction even as husband Leonard tries to manage her condition. Using the novel, 'Mrs Dalloway', the film conveys the heartache of isolation and forlorn lives in two other women who are directly connected to the book. In 1951, we meet Laura and Dan who, with their young son, would seem an ideal family. But Laura yearns for freedom, much as Mrs. Dalloway, and she must choose between giving up her family or dying. Move to 2001, and there is yet another Mrs. Dalloway in Claire and her dogged responsibility toward her former lover, Richard, now dying of AIDS. The themes of liberation, lesbianism, and dying enthrall all three women, and one does die in order that those around her might value even more the living. You cannot find three better actresses to portray these very complex individuals, in Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep, and Nicole Kidman, any or all should be nominated for Oscars. An equally fine supporting cast of Ed Harris, John Reilly, Stephen Dillane, Claire Danes, and Allison Janey make "The Hours" one of the most interesting and intelligent melodramas to come along in a while.
    7planktonrules

    The acting certainly was very, very good.

    WARNING: This is an intensely depressing film and should not be seen by kids or the severely depressed. Additionally, if you just can't handle an unrelentingly dark and somber film, then you might want to look further.

    "The Hours" is a very unusual film in that there completely separate but parallel stories that are interwoven throughout. While "Julie and Julia" did this with two, "The Hours" manages to do it with the lives of three women--three very, very, very depressed women who are suffering in silence.

    I loved reading Claudio Carvalho's review. While short, it really summed up the film very well when "The Hours" was called 'A depressive and boring movie with outstanding cast'. I couldn't have said it any better. While there are three dynamite performances by three top actresses (one of which earned the Best Actress Oscar for this film), the film itself is all about depression and is a bit slow. Despite this, the writing IS good--and weaves together the disparate stories in a very unusual manner that is quite clever. So, it's a film I can respect but certainly didn't enjoy. After all, three ladies who have parallel stories who are fixated on suicide--this isn't exactly a comedy!! I see this film as one that is worth seeing for the performances and I can respect the way the film was constructed...but I just felt disconnected from the characters and didn't like the film. Well done but very inaccessible for most viewers--including me. If you are severely depressed, I sure DON'T recommend you watch it--it might just send you over the edge. Also, it's really NOT a film for kids...so think twice about having them watch it.
    7lee_eisenberg

    Stretched from end to end.

    "The Hours" is not the easiest movie to describe. It portrays three women affected by Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway". The first is Woolf herself (Nicole Kidman) in the 1920's, slowly but surely descending into madness. The second is 1950's housewife Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), beginning to feel unfulfilled with the suburban lifestyle. The third is present-day Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep), contemplating the future.

    This is an interesting movie, although it certainly is a downer. Moore's role is particularly interesting, since she played almost exactly the same kind of character in "Far from Heaven", released around the same time. Also starring are Ed Harris, John C. Reilly, Claire Danes, and Jeff Daniels. Certainly worth seeing.
    george.schmidt

    Three of our finest actresses in their best work to date

    THE HOURS (2002) **** Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Ed Harris, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Claire Daines, Stephen Dillane, Miranda Richardson, Toni Collette, Jack Rovello. David Hare's brilliant adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Michael Cunningham depicts three interlocking storylines all sharing the one common thread: Virginia Woolf's novel `Mrs. Dalloway' ping-ponging back in forth from 1940's where the suicidal Woolf (Kidman barely recognizable under a prosthetic nose; one of her finest roles to date) is in the midst of composing her work in question; 1950's with depressed homemaker Moore (equally compelling) preparing her loving husband's birthday celebration and contemporary book editor Streep (ditto) organizing a banquet party for her ex-lover and poet (Harris in a memorable performance) dying of AIDS, all three characters are imploding while their world's are spinning (metaphorically) out of control and their very lives' meanings in question to how trivial they truly are/aren't. The sterling assembled cast gives the film merit despite its melodramatic trappings and director Stephen Daldry showcases his three leads to their best strengths and utter vulnerabilities. At points poignantly heartbreaking and wholeheartedly humane.
    7Boyo-2

    Moore is amazing

    In all honesty, as much as I liked Nicole Kidman's performance, the movie was made for me with Julianne Moore's. She made me so nervous, has me so much on edge, cause you didn't know what the hell was wrong with her. Did she have a crush on Toni Collette? Did she just have a breakdown? Does she want to burn the house down? To the movie's credit, you don't know what exactly is wrong, until the end. But as tense as it made me, I realized that in most movies you are clearly tipped off as far as who is angry, and why. This movie doesn't, and I didn't appreciate that until it was over.

    Kidman was great, but I've always thought she had more talent than she was given credit for. Not many people could have made "To Die For" so convincing. Kudos to Nic for her career choices, post-divorce.

    Streep, Ed Harris and Jeff Daniels were non-entities. I worship Streep and Ed Harris, but their part of the story didn't do a single thing for me. I kept waiting to see if Julianne was going to drive her car off a cliff. Without having seen all the nominees in Best Supporting Actress, I'd have to say another actress would have to go pretty damn far to impress me as much as she did. 8/10.

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    • Trivia
      "The Hours" was the original working title of Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway".
    • Goofs
      In the Virginia Woolf segment, Leonard Woolf is shown setting type for their press, Hogarth Press. In fact, Leonard's hands shook so that he could not set type, and it was Virginia who did the typesetting. Virginia found setting type calming, and said that it shaped her feel for words on the page, influencing her approach to writing.
    • Quotes

      Clarissa Vaughn: I remember one morning getting up at dawn, there was such a sense of possibility. You know, that feeling? And I remember thinking to myself: So, this is the beginning of happiness. This is where it starts. And of course there will always be more. It never occurred to me it wasn't the beginning. It *was* happiness. It was the moment. Right then.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Beim Schlafengehen
      from "Four Last Songs"

      Music by Richard Strauss

      Text by Hermann Hesse

      Performed by Jessye Norman, Soprano, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (as Gewandhaus Orchestra,

      Leipzig)

      Kurt Masur, Conductor

      Courtesy of Decca Music Group Limited

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

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    • Release date
      • February 14, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Las horas
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Miramax
      • Scott Rudin Productions
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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $41,675,994
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $338,622
      • Dec 29, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $108,846,217
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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