Love in the Time of Cholera

  • 2008


MOVIE IS superficial challenging unified magical romantic
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25 % Rotten
$ 0 Million
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Positive Reviews 28
Negative reviews 25
Average Rating 2.7/5
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2.5
More damningly, Marquezs tonea delicate mix of comedy and tragedy conveyed with the bittersweet sting of a shared memorydies on the screen. Av Club
1.9
Is there another great modern writer so hard to translate successfully into cinema Rogerebert
3.1
Would that Newells visual panache were as robust as his understanding of the novels romantic implications, but what the film lacks in brio it makes up ..
4.5
Lush, extravagant, sad and touching, Love in the Time of Cholera still feels weirdly insubstantial when all the febrile passion has abated. Like a fev ..
1.5
Its a challenging task to translate any novel (let alone a classic one) into film.
4.5
Mrquezs book is so dense that even a relatively lackluster (and sometimes preposterously dialogued) adaptation is left with a great deal of depth. Paste Magazine
2.0
Woefully misguided...a story intended to engage the soul, and all it had me doing was reaching for the Purell. E Film Critic
3.1
finds the storys emotion by resisting the tug of the movie into grandeur. San Francisco Chronicle
2.0
A valiant attempt to turn a complex novel into a compelling movie is hamstrung by a conventional literary sensibility, an uneven tone and, crucially, ..
3.1
Bardems hypnotic presence, like that of an Easter Island statue come to life, is one of the films many pleasures. Philly
3.0
A novel about endless devotion has been turned into a film that seems to go on forever. One Guys Opinion
1.9
Its the kind of motion picture thats crying out to be featured on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000. ReelViews
1.9
No one ever said adapting Nobel Prize winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquezs densely layered 1998 novel for the screen would be easy, but given the le .. Tv Guide
3.1
requires layers of age makeup, a process that, as movie technology gets better and better, seems to get worse and worse. Combust Ible Celluloid
2.5
Though Love is a handsome production, it lacks the novels distinctive blend of passionate intensity and fanciful whimsy. Usa Today
2.5
...a campy mess that presumably has little in common with Mrquezs acclaimed work. Reel Film Reviews
2.5
If youve seen Gone With the Wind, youve seen what Love in the Time of Cholera isnt. New York Post
4.5
A decent shot at a complex work, but ultimately, the book is way more evocative than any film. Film Journal International ..
4.0
When it belongs to a character played by Bardem, its a treat, indeed. Az Central
2.5
But the movie doesnt work, because Harwood and Newell never figured how to transport the books moving ironic essence: that love blooms amid so much co .. Boston
2.5
The characters are never sufficiently formed to be both likable and absurd at the same time and ultimately theyre really neither. Mountain X
4.5
Javier Bardem, whose oddly handsome face becomes something twisted and ugly in... No Country for Old Men, is here luminous and beautiful and heartfelt ..
2.0
Mike Newells version of Gabriel Garcia Marquez highly acclaimed erotic novel is one of his worst films: listless, poorly mounted, badly scripted by Ro .. Emanuellevy
4.5
With its wonderful sense of place, we find ourselves deep inside Colombia, with its bustling cities, lush jungles, foreboding peaks and passionate peo ..
2.0
Is love a disease, as Marquez possibly wanted us to believe Maybe, but in the case of this adaptation, its more of a laughing sickness. Flim Threet
2.0
He must now feel that neither a unified Hollywood treatment of such a story nor the aesthetic softening that beauty provides is still possiblethat suc .. New Yorker
1.3
One can recognize the elements that made the book such a beloved work and see how these elements are so completely botched in screen translation. Mr Brown Movies
3.0
Its an expensive period piece that tries hard to duplicate the magic of the novel but simply fails to muster any special impact or appeal. Seattle Pi
4.5
...passed all of my tests with flying colors...thoroughly romantic, even if at 72, Ferminas face (if not her breasts) looks almost exactly as it did a .. Tony Medley
4.5
The viewer who gives him or herself over to the pitched emotions, nuanced performances and opulent design will be richly rewarded. Boxoffice Magazine
1.5
Unlike the unfilmable novel, Newells discordant picture exhibits the worst symptoms of fever itself: unpleasant to endure and then quickly forgotten. Film Ink
3.5
A perfect concept for cinema, love is clearly a crazy, irrational, unpredictable, and occasionally harmful thing, as Love in the Time of Cholera vibra ..
4.0
Artfully couched in surreal absurdity, its ironies are designed to question the contradictions and weaknesses of entrenched traditions. Varia Gate
0.5
Weirdly proposing sexual excess as the cure for unrequited love, the film has sad sack protag Bardem drowning his sorrows in an endless round of quick .. News Blaze
1.3
Adaptation of Marquez masterpiece marred by absence of magical realism. News Blaze
1.0
With a shaky premise, there isnt much to hold this film together, especially when the adaptation is episodic. Killer Movie Reviews
3.0
Structurally, the film follows the story of the novel to a fine point without changing the through line of any of the three central characters as it c .. Hollywood Chicago
3.1
Thats really missing is a sense of rapture a touch of magic on this course through the decades. Chron
1.5
Oh, dear. What literary giant has the unstoppable Hollywood machine gone and tarnished now That would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The grandfather of ma .. Or Lando Weekly
1.5
This romantic drama by director Mike Newell preserves the odd playfulness of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs international best seller but sacrifices its erot .. Chicago Reader
4.0
Antonio Pintos brilliant score accentuates the movies romantic elements and helps make Love in the Time of Cholera heartfelt, amusing, pleasurable, an .. Review Express
2.0
Wildly popular novels sometimes make for crappy movies, while classic novels tend to become reverential and boring films, but seldom are truly great b .. Fw Weekly
4.5
The film is not boring, considering the simple, tried and true forbidden romance story. It doesnt languish in the period details. Stuff keeps happenin .. Can Mag
0.5
Saddled with the dramas most laughable bit of dialogue, Bratt sounds exactly like Pepe LePew (an evocation shared by the critic sitting next to me at .. IGN Movies
3.0
Epic in its ambitions and romantic to its core, Love in the Time of Cholera may not please everyone, but it has to be admired. Detroit News
3.0
Seamlessly mixes campy comedy with sentimental romance: an epic film based on a Nobel Prize winners novel. Compuserve
3.0
The famed 1985 magical realist novel of Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez gets an ambitious but off key cinematic adaptation that trips up exc .. Film Critic 1963 Typepad
2.5
Apparently cholera is the worlds only disease at the time, which allows Florentino to sleep with more than 600 women and remain STD free. Metromix.com
3.0
In the most incongruous mismatch of literature and movie treatment since Demi Moore in The Scarlet Letter, a lyrical meditation on love, patience, dev .. Movie Mom
1.3
I dont remember ever wanting so strongly to walk out of a movie before (and twice in one day, after the cloying August Rush). From the Front Row
2.5
About the only audience that might get something out of Love in the Time of Cholera are lazy college students who want to learn the plot points for cl .. Madison
4.4
Good movies rarely come from great books, but this Love in the Time of Cholera is a rich human comedy beautifully realized and trimmed in sweet tropic .. Ar Kansas Online
3.0
Its all yodeling Shakira ballads and emotional shots of the would be lovers staring at each other until their cheeks pale from exhaustion Ie Weekly
1.0
A movie of such boundless badness that it would take somebody with a Nobel Prize in literature to truly fathom the extent of its wretchedness. World Film About
2.0
A hodge podge of histrionic, ridiculous scenes cobbled together with no build up. Reelz Channel
2.0
mono toy katorthoma, na se kanei na mi biazesai idiaitera na diabaseis to biblio sto opoio basizetai Movies for the Masses
2.0
Listless, poorly scripted, badly acted and displaying an unforgivable misinterpretation of its source material, Cholera is easily one of the worst ada .. Colorado Springs Gazette
1.5
... Newell and Harwood completely missed the mark with this one, turning a complex love story into a superficial period film with no heart or heat. DVD Review
4.5
Newells adaptation infuses its source materials classic romantic tropes with all the poetry of a dog dish. The Reeler
2.0
An extraordinary story, with a multinational cast of the highest quality that unexpectedly just does not just materialize and becomes a conventional f ..
4.5
Never read Garca Mrquez and still waiting for a sequel to The Notebook Theres something here for you. Las Vegas CityLife
2.5
If further proof were needed of my dispiriting theory that the best novels rarely make the best films, it is to be found, richly scented and sumptuous .. The Australian
2.5
Mike Newells handsome adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel looks lovely, but feels lifeless; the chemistry between the main characters just isnt ..



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