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Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche lead this 1996 Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards, a war drama following a...
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche lead this 1996 Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards, a war drama following a nurse who takes in, and cares for, a badly injured plane crash victim. The life and romances of Count Almásy, a Hungarian map maker, are told in a series of flashbacks as he lays gravely wounded. The film took an additional eight Oscars, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actress for Binoche.
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86 %93 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
83 %81,961 reviewsAudience score rating
"A respectable, intelligent but less than stirring adaptation of an imposingly dense and layered novel."
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Variety
Variety"Awash in heart-rending emotions and gorgeous images, this is a movie to lose yourself in."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"A stunning feat of literary adaptation as well as a purely cinematic triumph."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"The kind of movie you can see twice--first for the questions, the second time for the answers."
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Roger Ebert
Roger EbertThe English Patient | Details
Award winner- 9 Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actress (Binoche) at the 1997 Academy Awards; Best Picture and Original Score at the 1997 Golden Globes; 6 BAFTAs including Best Film, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actress (Binoche) at the 1997 BAFTA Awards
- Rating
- M, Medium level violence, adult themes, low level coarse language
- Runtime
- 155
- Genre
- Drama, Romance, War
- Country of origin
- USA, UK
