The End of the Affair

1999

Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 66% · 65 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 25760 25.8K

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Plot summary

On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended their affair two years before. Bendrix's obsession with Sarah is rekindled; he succumbs to his own jealousy and arranges to have her followed.

Director

Neil Jordan Photo
Neil Jordan

Top cast

Julianne Moore Photo
Julianne Moore as Sarah Miles
Ralph Fiennes Photo
Ralph Fiennes as Maurice Bendrix
Jason Isaacs Photo
Jason Isaacs as Father Richard Smythe
Jack McKenzie Photo
Jack McKenzie as Chief Engineer
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1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by THE-LENS

**Film: The End of the Affair** **Director:** Neil

**Film: The End of the Affair** **Director:** Neil Jordan **Adapted from:** *The End of the Affair* **Release date:** 11 February 2000 (UK) **Story by:** Graham Greene **Starring:** Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea. **Review by: Dr Usman Latif Khawaja** The movie brings themes of religion, adultery, faith and carnal love intelligently to the screen without making a cliché of a melodramatic love story where a spouse is cheating on her rather indifferent, cold-blooded, bureaucratic husband in a discreet affair. Set in the turbulent London West End during World War II, the movie is almost as calm as the Blitz is otherwise, and the rapture of the two lovers almost makes a perfect adaptation of the complex Graham Greene book, translating spiritually onto the screen. Stephen Rea is the cuckolded husband, while the two eclectic leads, who are the soul of this artistic piece, are the two illicit lovers, played with immaculate brilliance and profound insight by Julianne Moore, who has never looked or acted better, and Ralph Fiennes, who is her clandestine lover in a role better acted than even *The English Patient*, as they conduct a perilous affair while the bombs fall around them. The religious views are paradoxical, but Neil Jordan successfully explains them in his adaptation of the Graham Greene book, as he has the courage to discover and indulge in his own convictions to define Greene's paradigms. Extremely stylish to gaze upon and even more soulful to ponder upon, this is an examination of a marriage, its flawed harmony, and the final conclusion as to the fact that human infidelity is destined too, just as human matrimony, and as such, both are unavoidable, yet they can be used to come to terms with our own discontent. This is a complex look by Graham Greene on war and adultery and acceptance of the eventual outcome by the affected individuals, which is narrated with an elite charm and panache by Neil Jordan, that brings the whole thing vividly to life, from the secretive lovers' meetings in plush apartments to the private eye who is hired by the curiously estranged husband to follow the enchanting wife in her pursuit of true love. This makes the whole experience rather an ecclesiastical ecstasy to behold and bewilder your spirit in a bizarre yet beautifully brazen piece of literary cinema.
Reviewed by Mm M 9 / 10

This film touched me personally through its exploration

This film touched me personally through its exploration of the uneasy triangle between human love, physical desire, and God—one of the most painful and unresolved questions of existence. I was glad to see this tension addressed on screen. Ralph Fiennes is, as ever, mesmerizing, he just commands the screen; his eyes alone carry a magnetic intensity, delivering a performance of remarkable restraint and power. That said, the film seemed to aspire to greater depth. A more sustained exploration of the characters and a deeper engagement with the central ordeal could have elevated it further. Still, this does not diminish the strength of the performances and the soundtrack which remain consistently excellent across the cast.
Reviewed by Erie C 10 / 10

This film has been seriously underrated by most

This film has been seriously underrated by most critics. The story is heartbreakingly real, the plot intelligently adapted and the characters are finely fleshed out and defined in the performances of Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea. What was most important to me was the exceptional alchemic balance among the trio in this painful affair played out against World War II. The sensuality of the sexual encounters between Moore and Fiennes makes the absence of that between Moore and her kind hearted husband all the more believable and meaningful.
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