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Far from Heaven

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Original title

Far from Heaven

Year

2002

Running time

107 min.

Country

United States

Director

Todd Haynes

Screenwriter

Todd Haynes

Cast

Music

Elmer Bernstein

Cinematography

Edward Lachman

Producer

Focus Features, Vulcan Productions, Killer Films, John Wells, Section Eight, USA Films

Genre

Drama | Melodrama. 1950s. Family Relationships. Gay & Lesbian. Racism. Independent Film (US)

Synopsis

It is the autumn of 1957. The Whitakers, the very picture of a suburban family, make their home in Hartford, Connecticut. Their daily existence is characterized by carefully observed family etiquette, social events, and an overall desire to keep up with the Joneses. Cathy is the homemaker, wife and mother. Frank is the breadwinner, husband and father. They have two pre-teen children, a boy and a girl. A maid and a gardener complete the perfect household. All seems normal and uneventful, until one day Frank starts acting somewhat strange...

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Awards: 2002: 4 Nominations for Oscar: Best Actress (Julianne Moore), Screenplay, Cinematography, OST

2002: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Actress (Moore), Supporting Actor, Screenplay and OST

2002: 4 Awards from Venice Film Festival, including Best Actress. 5 Nominations

2002: National Board of Review: Best Actress

2002: New York Film Critics Circle: 5 Awards, including Best Film & Best Director

2002: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Actress, Cinem. & Music Score. 6 Nom.

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Critics' reviews

"'Far from Heaven¡' is like the best and bravest movie of 1957 (...) Because the film deliberately lacks irony, it has a genuine dramatic impact (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"[Haynes] reinvents the genre, letting the passions that lay buried in Sirk’s films explode onscreen (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"An accomplished marriage of style and content (...) Haynes deftly employs the genre's Hollywood artificiality to examine racism, homosexuality and the sacrifices of women in a middle-class society"

David Rooney: Variety
"The film's three leads are extraordinary, but what Moore does with her role is so beyond the parameters of what we call great acting that it nearly defies categorization."

Manohla Dargis: Los Angeles Times
"A tremendous accomplishment (...) 'Far From Heaven' reveals a whole world suffering beneath Technicolor skies."

Keith Phipps: AV Club
"This would have been the best 'women's picture' ever made in '50s Hollywood if anyone had been courageous enough to make it then (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"

Angie Errigo: Empire
"An incredible cinematic séance or even a secular High Mass, at which the real presence of the past is quite unexpectedly summoned up and made to live, spectrally, all about you. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian

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36 My Top 10 Movies from 2002 (81)

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