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Superstar Richard Gere ("Primal Fear," "Final Analysis") and two-time Academy Award®-winner Jodie Foster ("Contact," "The Silence of the Lambs," "The Accused") team up for an unforgettable romantic adventure. Gere stars as Jack Sommersby, a man who returns home from the war to reclaim his life, seven years after he was presumed dead. A dramatically changed man, Sommersby soon brings his town back to prosperity and turns his once bitter marriage to Laurel (Foster) into a passionate romance. Yet suspicions arise that Sommersby may not be the man he says he is. Rolling Stone called this "Gere's most passionate performance since 'An Officer and a Gentleman'...Foster is extraordinary." Co-starring Oscar®-nominee James Earl Jones and Bill Pullman ("While You Were Sleeping," "Casper").
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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63%- Reviews Counted: 24
- Fresh: 15
- Rotten: 9
- Average Rating: 6.0/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Though there is a near vaccuum at the center of the film, Sommersby is never boring, largely because of Ms. Foster's beautifully self-possessed presence.
Fresh: It's really an old-fashioned hankie-soaker with Gere and Foster ably jerking tears. An odd yet convincing couple, they won't replace Rhett and Scarlet, and frankly, my dears, who can? But belles wring and bosoms heave in a manner most pleasing.
Fresh: If you're looking for a picturesque romance -- with a little intrigue on the side -- you could do worse than Sommersby.
Rotten: A square peg pounded into a round hole -- or, more exactly, a medieval European story that has been unsuccessfully updated to the period of the American Civil War.
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- $14.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 1993
- © 1993 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.