Mrs Dalloway (1997)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Marleen Gorris

Writers:

Eileen Atkins (screenplay)
Virginia Woolf (novel)

Release Date:

20 February 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Clarissa Dalloway sets out on a beautiful morning; she's shopping for flowers for her party that evening...

Plot Keywords:

Shell Shock | Irish Wolfhound | Class Differences | London England | Lesbian Kiss

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Vanessa Redgrave	...	Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway
Natascha McElhone	...	Young Clarissa
Michael Kitchen	...	Peter Walsh
Alan Cox	...	Young Peter
Sarah Badel	...	Lady Rosseter
Lena Headey	...	Young Sally
John Standing	...	Richard Dalloway
Robert Portal	...	Young Richard
Oliver Ford Davies	...	Hugh Whitbread
Hal Cruttenden	...	Young Hugh
Rupert Graves	...	Septimus Warren Smith
Amelia Bullmore	...	Rezia Warren Smith
Margaret Tyzack	...	Lady Bruton
Robert Hardy	...	Sir William Bradshaw
Richenda Carey	...	Lady Bradshaw

Also Known As:

Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for emotional elements and brief nudity.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK | USA | Netherlands

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Chile:TE | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Company:

First Look International

Trivia:

Last cinema film of Fanny Carby.

Quotes:

[When a guest at her party starts to laugh.]
Mrs. Dalloway: [thinking] Oh, it's not a failure after all.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hello, He Lied & Other Truths from the Hollywood Trenches (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Addio, del passato

very annoying film

During filming, was Vanessa Redgrave taking mogadon? It was like she was reading from an autocue. I've seen more life in a wooden spoon. Or perhaps that was all part of the character? whatever, it was very very annoying, I kept wanting to shake the screen to hurry her up. I read the book a long time ago & didn't like much about it except that Septimus's descent into madness was very well done - but I don't think Rupert Graves showed this very well, his acting was all on the surface. The connection between his life and Clarissa's is not very well done either but I suspect the attempt is to show the sacrifice soldiers made to enable people like Clarissa to continue their vapid lives. The film is very bitty and has no real unity to it. Hated it.