SummaryThe true story of the romance between novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (Dench, Winslet) and John Bayley (Broadbent), from their meeting at Oxford, through over 40 years, including Murdoch's fight with Alzheimer's Disease.
Directed By:Richard Eyre
Written By:John Bayley, Richard Eyre, Charles Wood
Iris
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Generally Favorable
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
83% Positive
25 Reviews
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17% Mixed
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100
Director Richard Eyre has struck gold. Twice. Dench and Winslet are a riveting matchup.
90
A saga of unbearable sadness and romantic beauty.
80
The film is not a biopic or a portrait of a famous marriage so much as it is an imaginative essay on what made a union between two radically different people work as well as it did.
75
A delicately upbeat, even humorous celebration of love and sacrifice.
75
Though Iris is extremely well-acted and beautifully photographed, some audience members may find themselves agreeing with Bayley's frustrated complaint: "I've never known who you are."
70
It's a great achievement, quiet enough to allow room for her excellent supporting cast -- but strong enough to be felt over James Horner's omnipresent, typically overbearing score.
50
A glacially-paced disease-of-the-week movie blown up to big screen size.
User score
Generally Favorable
75% Positive
15 Ratings
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1 Rating
1 Rating
Dec 5, 2015
0
What a strangely pointless film !……so **** bored with its material and so boring to watch - a kind of Dutiful Exercise for everyone involved....Tiresome one-note performances wedded to tedious one-note direction. Rarely have I watched a film script and a ham-fisted directorial touch produce a work that so totally abandoned the characters ! They are depicted here with something like complete indifference. They bore us and ultimately seem almost ridiculous and pathetic..... The only thing this movie has going for it is snob **** that - sad to say- is almost always enough to "wow" the critics.
Production Company:
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
- Fox Iris Productions
- Intermedia Films
- Mirage Enterprises
- Miramax
Release Date:Dec 14, 2001
Duration:1 h 31 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Her greatest talent was for life
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
