The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
1981 was a pretty shocking year at the Academy Awards. Chariots of Fire won Best Picture, Music, Screenplay, and Costumes. The French Lieutenant’s Woman lost Costumes and Screenplay, and wasn’t even up for Best Picture. If you take a weekend and watch both dramas, you’ll be shocked—and you’ll understand why it’s so important for those on the board of the Hot Toasty Rag Awards to right certain wrongs.
This interesting romantic drama stars Meryl Street and Jeremy Irons each in dual roles. I don’t normally enjoy movies that cut back and forth between parallel stories, but this is particularly intriguing and entertaining, so I don’t mind the style. In one half of the movie, Jeremy is a proper Victorian gentleman who finds himself drawn to the mysterious Meryl with a shady past. In the other half, Jeremy and Meryl are modern actors filming a movie together and having an affair. What’s the cute and interesting twist? The movie they’re filming is an adaptation of the historical portion.
If you like a little mystery in your romances, or if you’re a sucker for beautiful costumes in period pieces, or if you like the cast and want to see them in contrasting dual roles, you’ll want to find a copy and rent this great ’80s flick.
Be sure to check out Hot Toasty Rag's review of John Fowles's original novel here!
More Meryl Streep movies here!
This interesting romantic drama stars Meryl Street and Jeremy Irons each in dual roles. I don’t normally enjoy movies that cut back and forth between parallel stories, but this is particularly intriguing and entertaining, so I don’t mind the style. In one half of the movie, Jeremy is a proper Victorian gentleman who finds himself drawn to the mysterious Meryl with a shady past. In the other half, Jeremy and Meryl are modern actors filming a movie together and having an affair. What’s the cute and interesting twist? The movie they’re filming is an adaptation of the historical portion.
If you like a little mystery in your romances, or if you’re a sucker for beautiful costumes in period pieces, or if you like the cast and want to see them in contrasting dual roles, you’ll want to find a copy and rent this great ’80s flick.
Be sure to check out Hot Toasty Rag's review of John Fowles's original novel here!
More Meryl Streep movies here!