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Jude

With intensity and resolve, stonemason Jude Fawley (Christopher Eccleston) aspires to get a college education, but circumstances work against his bookish ambitions in director Michael Winterbottom's haunting adaptation of Thomas Hardy's final novel, Jude the Obscure. Kate Winslet co-stars as the lovely liberated cousin Jude falls in love with, and Rachel Griffiths plays the farmer's daughter who tricks him into matrimony.
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Netflix Rating: 3.3
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics

The problem here isn't grimness but a failure to make grimness wrench the heart.

USA Today, USA Today

Winterbottom is angry, clear-headed, and with a sure visual sense. full review

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Jude remains a handsome if gravely flawed film. full review

Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times

The dark, steel engraving look that cinematographer Eduardo Serra has given Jude endows it with a somber magnificence. full review

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times

Jude is knockout Hardy, filled with stormy visual poetry and accompanied by a gorgeous yet simple score. full review

Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
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