The House of the Spirits

  • 1993


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30 % Rotten
$ 6 Million
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Positive Reviews 7
Negative reviews 17
Average Rating 2.0/5

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2.5
Whats oddest about this well meaning devotion to high art are the unexpected performances those exertions produce. EW
2.5
All of the characters have the right names, all of the necessary events occur, and indeed the very best local actors have been engaged. But the soul h .. Rogerebert
4.5
Irons gives an excruciating performance what Streeps genuinely warm, wonderful Clara sees in him youd need ESP to fathom. Time Out
1.5
The viewer doesnt have to be familiar with the book, however, to realize the films a pretentious failure.
1.5
His dispirited House is stiff and superficial, an earnest, ambitious failure.
3.5
He is more comfortable with documenting details and their human effects than in composing sweeping narrative epics and historical inter relationships.
2.0
Given the talents involved, the films hesitations in style and consistent failure to really move must be counted as a major disappointment.
3.8
Bille August has done a fine job with Isable Allendes tale, crafting a captivating motion picture, but its hard not to recognize the flaws, and wonder .. ReelViews
0.0
More importantly, the film is treasured for all thats worst about British film making. Independent
1.5
By virtue of underplaying, Ryder doesnt embarrass herself, at least not until her prison torture scenes. Rolling Stone
1.5
A stellar cast doesnt help much, especially when the usually excellent Jeremy Irons lapses into what appears to be an ill conceived impression of Orso .. Cs Monitor
1.5
Flamboyant, artificial this is soap opera so thick with suds that it makes the average TV miniseries seem subtle. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
The film does inherit the sweep of the novel and that helps it overcome some of its problems. Internet Reviews
1.5
Everything is too densely compressed and without resonance, and The House of the Spirits blasts through six decades without leaving any emotion in its .. Internet Reviews
0.5
This is really quite an achievement. It brings together Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas, and Vanessa Redgrave and insures t .. New Yorker
4.5
The thing works in its goofy way, mainly because Bille August is a man of apparently dauntless conviction. He has written and directed every scene wit .. Time
1.3
THE HOUSE OF THE SPIRITS is a savage waste a mangling of an esteemed novel, an expose of star egos, and a gigantic squandering of enormous amounts of .. Movies Tv Guide
1.5
The greatest actors in the world cant overcome a script that boils everything down to the Esperanto of cliche. News Week
4.5
Similar epics are made with more conviction and less pretension on daytime TV. Film 4
1.5
Sadly, August, screenwriter as well as director, has made things worse: The script for Spirits is an unbroken string of cliches lacking even a whiff o .. La Times
3.1
But, if August stumbles verbally here, visually hes as sharp as ever. Articles Chicago Tribune
1.0
The House of the Spirits is like Gone With the Wind with the fun and excitement replaced by lofty. All thats left is the wind. Articles Orlando Sentinel
1.3
This isnt just a bad movie its hugely, grandiosely, pompously bad. Articles Philly
2.5
How can an accomplished director take a great novel, the best actors working and the finest technicians available and make a film so... bland Its a pu .. Articles Philly
1.5
Rather than simply cutting it, August dithers sometimes invoking it, sometimes not. Articles Baltimore Sun
1.5
Nearly every magic detail, many key characters and half a generation has been sacrificed to clarify the plot. But so much has been cut away that only .. Hartford Courant
1.0
Antonio Banderas invigorates this glum gothic family saga as a defiant young Chilean revolutionary. And without her idea for The House of The Spirits, ..



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