The Hours (2002)
Directed by Stephen Daldry · 114 min · Drama
80.6 TOPICAL score · #344 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.
The Hours (2002, directed by Stephen Daldry) has a TOPICAL score of 80.6 - ranked 344 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on cast and awards, and lowest on legacy & cult status. It won 5 awards from 13 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actress. Critics: 79% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 80. Audiences: TMDB 7.2/10 (1,921 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 57 languages.
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- Critics79% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.5/10 critics' average · Metacritic 80
- AudienceTMDB 7.2/10 (1,921 ratings)
- Awards5 wins, 13 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actress; National Board of Review Award for Best Film; National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 57 languages
- Still read59,284 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Nicole Kidman (actor #77), Julianne Moore (actor #81), Meryl Streep (actor #12), Stephen Dillane
“"It's marvelous to watch the ways in which [David Hare] consistently dramatizes the original material without compromising its integrity or distorting its intent ... Cunningham's [novel] touched on notes of longing, middle-aged angst and the sense of being a small consciousness in the midst of a grand mystery. But Daldry and Hare's [film] sounds those notes and sends audiences out reverberating with them, exalted."”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10