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On Chesil Beach
Based on Ian McEwan's novel, the story takes place in the mid year of 1962, a youthful couple from various social foundations are en route. The film shows their trip from the romance stage, investigating sex and what can be joined by their physical closeness from the weights of a disastrous society which makes their wedding day brimming with humiliation, strain and negativity.
22 July 1997, London, England, UK
11 July 1978, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
8 October 1970, Southall, London, England, UK
9 November 1989, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
7 February 1923, Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
July 18, 2018
...crackerjack script, and performances from the two leads which amount to a master class in great acting.
June 29, 2018
It is very difficult to adapt the prose in McEwan's work, however On Chesil Beach is notable in this feat. [Full Review in Spanish]
June 01, 2018
"On Chesil Beach" clumsily deals with the issues it addresses.
June 22, 2018
The structure crafts a view of class and sex that's inquisitive and thorough, but its ambitious reach exceeds its grasp, and it certainly makes it clear that it was helmed and written by men.
May 24, 2018
There's splendid acting across the board and assured direction by Cooke, a stage veteran making his feature debut...
June 01, 2018
What had been impossibly sweet becomes simply impossible, and old-fashioned mores prove unsuited to the task of navigating the emotional morass.
May 24, 2018
What worked on the page, more or less, struggles on screen...
May 25, 2018
What a prestigious, understated, classy inducement to take a nap.
July 03, 2018
Saoirse Ronan is sublime. [Full Review in Spanish]
June 18, 2018
The staging is worthy of a BBC TV movie, all slow, all measured. [Full Review in Spanish]
June 04, 2018
"On Chesil Beach" is PBS-tasteful in its approach, but its power rests in a restraint that makes what it builds to all the more moving.
June 25, 2018
Saoirse Ronan soars over the attempt to adapt an impossible love [story]. [Full review in Spanish]
