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Director: István Szabó
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From Time Out London
As her stage diva character Julia would have it, this comedy drama revolves around Annette Bening’s stunning performance. The creation of novelist W Somerset Maugham, Julia Lambert is an ageing stage actress in the 1930s, accustomed to the world and her husband (Jeremy Irons) bowing to her every whim. She finds comfort in the arms of a young American fan, Tom (Shaun Evans), but plots revenge when she discovers she may lose him to a younger actress (the amusing Lucy Punch). While this pièce de résistance is wickedly funny, its message about empowerment and identity is undermined by a prevalence of superficial characters (but you’ve got to love serial housekeeper/nanny Miriam Margolyes as a rich, lecherous lesbian). Light, but likeable in the main.Author: AS
Time Out London Issue 1787: November 17-24, 2004
Cast & crew
Director: István Szabó
Producer: Robert Lantos
Cast: Annette Bening, Jeremy Irons, Shaun Evans, Rosemary Harris, Tom Sturridge, Bruce Greenwood, Miriam Margoyles, Sheila McCarthy, Rita Tushingham, Michael Gambon, Juliet Stevenson, Lucy Punch, Maury Chaykin, Leigh Lawson full cast
Rated: 12A
Duration: 104 mins
UK Release: Nov 19 2004
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