SummaryA novelist living in London during WWII (Fiennes) has a chance meeting with Henry Miles (Rea), husband of his ex-mistress Sarah (Moore), who abruptly broke off their affair two years before.
Directed By:Neil Jordan
Written By:Graham Greene, Neil Jordan
The End of the Affair
Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
65
66% Positive
21 Reviews
21 Reviews
31% Mixed
10 Reviews
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3% Negative
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1 Review
94
Rereading Greene's book, one is struck anew by the absolute perfection of the film's casting.
83
Splendid acting helps Jordan achieve most of his goals, although some may find the romantic and religious elements an uneasy mixture.
75
The affair itself, in its genteel way, does catch fire, but it's the end of the affair that needs to move us to rapture, and the movie, instead, just drifts away.
67
An engaging but essentially routine tragic romance.
60
If you're looking to be romantically captivated, this movie just might do the job.
50
Read like a long, anguished prayer, but on screen it looks an awful lot like blasphemy.
25
"I didn't write this." In heaven, Graham Greene is mumbling those same words over and over right now.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
64% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
7% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Jul 11, 2020
8
You may feel that the idea was to make a romance movie, from the 50s. The cast is solid and does its job but feels that it remains incomplete in its task. Still, it shows when you have few claims.
