The End of the Affair 1999

Critics score:
67 / 100

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Roger Ebert, At the Movies: Read more

Paul Tatara, CNN.com: An effective love story that's intensely old-fashioned. Read more

Susan Stark, Detroit News: Read more

Toronto Star: Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Handsomely mounted, literate, emotionally sophisticated, The End of the Affair has everything a period romance should have. Read more

Houston Chronicle: Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: Tasteful and seductive. Read more

Globe and Mail: Read more

Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture: Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The best and most graceful Greene adaptation since The Third Man. Read more

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer: Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Read more

Michael Sragow, Salon.com: For two-thirds of The End of the Affair [Jordan] does an astonishing job of fusing his pop-magical temperament with Greene's astringency and wit. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Guaranteed to be mistaken for a first-rate picture. Read more

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Emanuel Levy, Variety: Jordan proves again that he is a supreme storyteller of complex human dramas. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: For all its obvious psychoanalytic implications, [Jordan's] wacky romantic triangle lost me long before it crawled to its spiritualist conclusion. Read more