| language = English
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| gross = $1.8 million
Enduring Love is a 2004 psychological thriller film directed by Roger Michell and written by Joe Penhall. It is based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Ian McEwan.
Empire, however, voted it number 426 on their list of the 500 greatest films ever made.
At RogerEbert.com, the film received 3 of 4 stars. The reviewer points out the film is among the few dealing with the fact that sometimes, we have a choice about what happens and how we react. It causes the viewer to ask, What would I have done?
The Guardian's Rob Mackie describes the film's opening scene as startling and beautifully shot, a 'vivid, colourful scene - bright red balloon, bright blue sky, bright green grass.' This is contrasted with the subsequently muted and downbeat. Giving the film a 3 out of 5 stars, he describes it as a 'thoughtful philosophical inquiry (which) becomes a less convincing thriller'. It 'intrigues but ultimately disappoints'.
Calling the film a 'jokeless gloomarama,' The New Yorker's Anthony Lane wrote, 'The ideas behind “Enduring Love” may be fascinating, but they don't play; they sulk.' He feels the lack of grip persists to the finale and the climax feels clenched and ridiculous.
Giving the film a 4 out of 5 stars, Nev Pierce of BBC News Online describes the film as, 'An intelligent and gripping dramatic thriller, Enduring Love is a real rarity: a film better than the book.' While admitting it isn't flawless, he calls it both ambitious and vigorous, and worthy of viewers' attention.
See also
- Erotomania, the disorder depicted in the book and film.