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Plot Summary
Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Boogie Nights) and Dennis Quaid (The Rookie, Frequency) star in this seductive story of a seemingly perfect family, and the forbidden desires that threaten to tear them apart. Cathy Whitaker (Moore) has it all - a lovely home, two wonderful children and a handsome husband (Quaid), who is successfully climbing the corporate ladder. But Cathy's idyllic existence is just an illusion, and she is eventually forced to choose between living a lie or following her heart. Academy Award® nominee Moore "is a vision," declared Rex Reed, and he called Quaid's performance "the best of his career," in this stunning drama hailed by the New York Post as "one of the year's best."
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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87%- Reviews Counted: 210
- Fresh: 182
- Rotten: 28
- Average Rating: 8.1/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Quaid makes a decent man's anguish richly palpable. Moore makes us feel hidden frenzy with a cool and ultimately heartbreaking grace.
Fresh: An accomplished marriage of elaborate style and content.
Fresh: It may be a movie about movies, but the artifice doesn't contradict the movie's plangent emotional realism. Moore's stunning, subtle performance as a woman trapped in the conventions of her time encapsulates the film's brave, double-edged beauty.
Fresh: Haynes' loving homage to the Technicolor female-driven melodramas of the 1950s looks and feels so authentic, it will make you forget you are watching a new movie.
Customer Reviews
Good movie, but not for everyone.
I tend to like movies like this... it was pretty slow with not a huge plot (and kind of depressing in a way....) but it kept you watching and wondering and interested. I thought the acting in this was magnificent. I think there was a deep meaning to the film and I really enjoyed it.
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Available Bundle
- Brokeback Mountain / Lost in Translation / Far From Heaven (Triple Feature)
- Genre: Drama
- Released: Feb 25, 2014
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- Far from Heaven (Original Cast Recording)
- Various Artists