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NUMBERS
Box Office: $15,776,481
VHS Rentals: $1,020,000
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CONSENSUS
An exquisitely designed and performed melodrama, Far From Heaven earns its viewers' tears with sincerity and intelligence.
CAST & CREW
Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert
Directed by Todd Haynes
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SYNOPSIS
The model marriage of Frank (Dennis Quaid) and Cathy Whitaker (Julianne Moore) in 1950s Hartford is depicted in television ads, and a magazine features photographs of Cathy as a model homemaker and citizen. more...
MPAA RATING
PG-13, mature thematic elements, sexual content, brief violence and language
RUNTIME
1 hour, 48 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Nov 8, 2002
Video: Apr 1, 2003
RELEASE COMPANY
Focus
GENRE
Dramas, Romance, Homosexuality, 1950s
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Far From Heaven Site
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 "A marvel of production design."
-- Erica Abeel, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"An unnerving, entertaining and brilliant piece of film criticism that's not dry or academic."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Beyond its value as a political critique of '50s America or a commentary on film history, Haynes' movie is an old-fashioned tearjerker of the first order."
-- Jason Anderson, EYE WEEKLY
"It's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force."
-- Todd Anthony, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"Both lead performances are Oscar-size. Quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie, and Moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between Jane Wyman and June Cleaver."
-- William Arnold, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"'Estupendamente actuada, sumamente emotiva y profundamente humana, es una experiencia fílmica imposible de olvidar'"
-- Jorge Avila Andrade, MOVIOLA
"The film's performances are thrilling."
-- Marjorie Baumgarten, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"You needn’t be steeped in '50s sociology, pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of Haynes’ work. Though Haynes’ style apes films from the period ... its message is not rooted in that decade."
-- Bob Bloom, JOURNAL AND COURIER (LAFAYETTE, IN)
"One of the year's best films, featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore."
-- Jeffrey Bruner, DES MOINES REGISTER
"Lejos del paraíso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oídos y un movilizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos, miedos y prejuicios."
-- Enrique Buchichio, URUGUAY TOTAL
"Thanks to Haynes' absolute control of the film's mood, and buoyed by three terrific performances, Far From Heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act."
-- Robert W. Butler, KANSAS CITY STAR
"Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year - she should get all five."
-- Larry Carroll, COUNTINGDOWN.COM
"Made with a lot of love -- love for Sirk, love for detail, and love for the power of the movies."
-- Jeffrey Chen, WINDOW TO THE MOVIES
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 "Aptly named, this shimmering, beautifully costumed and filmed production doesn't work for me."
-- Ross Anthony, HOLLYWOOD REPORT CARD
"Todd Haynes goes out on a limb to make his point, sometimes in inches but more often miles."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, AUFMUTH.COM
"The film oozes craft."
-- Joe Baltake, SACRAMENTO BEE
"That Haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace."
-- Rob Blackwelder, SPLICEDWIRE
"The film grows on you. And how."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"A remarkably alluring film set in the constrictive Eisenhower era about one suburban woman's yearning in the face of a loss that shatters her cheery and tranquil suburban life."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"Haynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed."
-- Sean Burns, PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY
"Deliberately and devotedly constructed, Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect, too neat and new pin-like, too obviously a recreation to resonate."
-- David N. Butterworth, MOVIE BOEUF
"It isn't that the picture is unfamiliar, but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems."
-- Walter Chaw, FILM FREAK CENTRAL
"From the big giant titles of the opening credits to Elmer Bernstein’s perfectly melodic score, Haynes gets just about everything right."
-- Erik Childress, EFILMCRITIC.COM
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FRESH 94%
Avg. Rating: 9.1/10 |
"Its core is a nugget of emotional truth and longing that's irresistible, and inextricably tied to a power so purely cinematic you wonder why so many other directors even bother."
-- John Anderson, NEWSDAY
"A powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love, racial tension, and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s."
-- James Berardinelli, JAMES BERARDINELLI'S REELVIEWS
"Moore's performance impresses almost as much as her work with Haynes in 1995's Safe."
-- Mike Clark, USA TODAY
"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 richly imagined and admirably mature work from a gifted director who definitely has something on his mind."
-- Robert Denerstein, DENVER ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
"Because the film deliberately lacks irony, it has a genuine dramatic impact; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we've somehow never seen before."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"By surrounding us with hyper-artificiality, Haynes makes us see familiar issues, like racism and homophobia, in a fresh way."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"Far From Heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat, but more than that, it's a work of enthralling drama."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Well-written, nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored, the film works on several levels, openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull."
-- Eric Harrison, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
"Without resorting to camp or parody, Haynes (like Sirk, but differently) has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative, rich, and strange."
-- J. Hoberman, VILLAGE VOICE
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"[Haynes'] homage to such films as "All That Heaven Allows" and "Imitation of Life" transcends them. Simply put, "Far From Heaven" is a masterpiece."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
* Certain "Far From Heaven" article data provided by the Movie Review Query Engine.
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