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Enduring Love (2004)

Overall Score: 7 out of 10

Starring: Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Susan Lynch, Hellen McCrory, Andrew Lincoln, Corin Redgrave, Bill Weston, Jeremy McLundie, Lee Sheward, Nick Wilkinson, Aoife Carroll, Rory Carroll, Ben Whishaw, Justin Salinger, Rosanna Michell, Ella Doyle, Félicité du Jeu, Alexandra Aitken, Anna Maxwell Martin

Director: Roger Michell

Running Time: 96 minutes

US MPAA rating: R
UK BBFC rating: 15
Drama, Romance, Thriller

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Director Roger Michell is best known for the fluffy fantasy of 'Notting Hill' (1999), targetted directly at an American market and presenting a view of London life whose only link to reality was the place names - but since then he has elaborated a much darker vision of romance in Britain's capital, first in the Hanif Kureshi-scripted taboo-breaker

DVD Extras: Scene selection; optional subtitles for the hearing impaired/audio description for the sight impaired; full audio commentary by director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader on how a fifth of the shooting schedule was absorbed by the four-minute opening, on changes made to the novel in the screenplay and changes made to the screenplay during the shoot, and on the hope that one particular shot "could make Y-fronts fashionable again"; five deleted scenes (7min), including one where Joe reports the stalking to a jaded desk sergeant who assumes he is gay; 'Burst' (6min), hilarious Michell mockumentary from 2004 about the shallow and fragile nature of celebrity, featuring most of the cast from 'Enduring Love'; 'The Actor's Story' (7min) featuring interviews with Michell, Loader, screenwriter Joe Penhall, and actors Rhys Ifans, Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton and Bill Nighy; 'The Film and the Novel' (5min) featuring interviews with Michell, Loader and Penhall on the challenges of adaptation, and Ian McEwan declaring "making a novel into a script is basically a demolition job... it's not simply sentences turned into shots"; 'Balloon featurette' (5min) on location at the balloon sequence shoot, featuring interviews with Michell, Nighy and Loader; theatrical trailer; two TV spots.
Version reviewed: Pathé, Catalogue no. P9150 DVD also available Enduring Love - Amazon.com Extras: 9 out of 10

It's Got: A vividly spectacular ballooning accident; fine performances; beautifully crisp cinematography.

It Needs: To lose its silly genre-bound coda.

Alternatives: SwimFan, 21 Grams

Summary: A tale of obsession with less hot air than your average thriller. Overall Score: 7 out of 10


Review Date: 4th April 2005


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Enduring Love at the IMDB

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