Anna Karenina
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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critics What's this?

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  • Starring: Aaron Johnson, Jude Law, Keira Knightley, Matthew MacFadyen
  • Summary: The story unfolds in its original late-19th-century Russia high-society setting and powerfully explores the capacity for love that surges through the human heart, from the passion between adulterers to the bond between a mother and her children. As Anna questions her happiness, change comes to her family, friends, and community. (Focus Features)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Playlist
    Reviewed by: Oliver Lyttelton
    Sep 3, 2012
    83
    Both fascinatingly theatrical and thrillingly cinematic, a picture that's lingered on our minds more than we expected.
  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    Sep 10, 2012
    80
    Knightley embodies Anna as a girlish woman who has never felt erotic love; once smitten, she is raised to heavenly ecstasy before tumbling into the abyss of shame. It's a nervy performance, acutely attuned to the volcanic changes a naive creature must enjoy and endure on her first leap into mad passion. She helps make Anna Karenina an operatic romance worth singing about.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Peter Bradshaw
    Sep 9, 2012
    60
    The Wright/Stoppard Anna Karenina is not a total success, but it's a bold and creative response to the novel.

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