Jude
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Actor: Christopher Eccleston, June Whitfield, Kate Winslet, Liam Cunningham, Rachel GriffithsDVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Latin (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Polygram USA Video
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DVD Review: An obscure depiction of a tragic tale...
Summary: 3 Stars
The level of acting talent in `Jude' certainly helps elevate it from the messy construction and merely serviceable structure of the film.
The story tells of young Jude Fawley, a stone mason who dreams of a big education and a richly fulfilling life. At a young age he winds up married to a woman named Arabella, but his marriage does not work out (lack of love and a supposed curse on the Fowley men). Venturing off to discover his dreams, Jude becomes acquainted with his cousin, Sue. Sue is free spirited and intelligent and controversial and simply everything that a man could hope to adore and so, quickly, Jude becomes smitten. Despite her marriage to a man whom Jude respects (a former teacher of his), Jude and Sue engage in a illicit affair and soon begin their life together. They are in love, but they are also stubborn (refusing to condition themselves to society's standards of marriage) and this costs them dearly in the end.
The story itself is a strong one, but the way that it is woven is a little sub par. The films first half jumps around far too much, presenting Jude as a bit of an unstable individual (one thing goes wrong and it's back home, then he rashly moves out, then back home) who doesn't know himself enough to understand what is good for him. He is rather unlikable in my opinion, a tad whiney and uncharismatic. In fact, Sue's husband Phillotson is far more likable and endearing. I also found the structure of the film to feel a tad like a made for television movie, like one of those BBC films. If didn't have that grit to it (the film has a little more polish) but it just felt a tad cheap to me in areas.
Where it never fell short though, was the acting. Even at his whiniest, Christopher Eccleston seemed to understand Jude more than the script did, and his portrayal of him was rather good. Liam Cunningham was also very well used, as was a ravishing Rachel Griffiths.
But this film BELONGS to Kate Winslet. As Sue Bridehead, Kate sinks down deep into her soul. What I love about this performance is that it is very meticulously layered, yet it never feels rehearsed or planned out. You gradually watch her adapt and grow. When we meet her she is social and captivating, showing off in bars and debating on Christianity and using her impish sexuality as a tool to be heard. As she matures and her relationship with Jude grows we see her calm her sensual displays and add the texture of hesitance to her interactions. The seduction scene in Jude's room is a key moment, where she baits him to make love to her without lifting the air of ambiguity that shields her from a bad decision. When she marries Phillotson we see the doubt creep in, the nervous understanding that she is making a mistake, and as she toys with her own understanding of her feelings for Jude we see her begin to crumble under the pressure she has heaped upon herself. We finally get a glimpse of her free spirited nature unleashed once again when she attains Jude as her own, but as desperation and circumstance get a hold of her we see her become frail in her own bitterness. We almost begin to see a resentment in her eyes, but as she opens the door and takes in the films final moment of horror we see that the resentment building was a realization that her errors were being marked and her sins were catching up with her.
She was bound to be punished.
Hands down, one of the finest performances of the 90's. Kate Winslet is easily my favorite working actress today (yes, even above the almighty Meryl, and I LOVE ME SOME MERYL STREEP) and this is a prime example as to why.
While this film does not truly deliver on all accounts (it can be stiff, confusing, tedious, redundant and emotionally cold) the performances are more than enough for me to HIGHLY recommend you at least see this once.
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British filmmaker Michael Winterbottom didn't make a particularly good film until Welcome to Sarajevo, and this curiously dry adaptation of Thomas Hardy's last novel is a good example. Christopher Eccleston plays Jude Fawley, a self-educated stonemason who dreams of attending university but identifies with the working class. Kate Winslet is his cousin Sue Bridehead, a young woman with suffragette leanings and a position as a teacher's assistant. When the two enter into an illicit union, they are condemned to the margins of society, ultimately resulting in a horrifying tragedy. Winterbottom takes an oddly lean approach to Hardy's deterministic story, which leaves a viewer feeling short on emotion just when one needs it for the from-bad-to-worse third act. Welcome to Sarajevo proved that Winterbottom needs a whole other level of personal involvement to make a film that inspires him. Jude isn't one of those lucky films. --Tom KeoghBestsellers in DVD
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