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Doesn¿t quite work
If you loved the novel, the movie "Possession" will be a disappointment but hardly a tragedy. It's entertaining enough, with a diverting performance by Paltrow and a strangely magnetic turn by Aaron Eckhardt. He's hardly believable as an academic, but interesting to watch nonetheless. The period interludes don't fare as well, with Jennifer Ehle making the choice to act only with adoring glances--she seems to think that looking like she belongs in the 19th century is enough. Jeremy Northam is hot as usual, but the whole romance falls flat. The director makes the wise choice to trim a lot of the academic skullduggery and bad poetry of the book, but the scraps of story and atmosphere that are left never hang together. Altogether, not worth a buy, but worth a rental if you're in the mood for something without sex or violence and a few nice shots of the English countryside.

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huh?
I give this one 2 stars for the period sequences. I found the actors in these scenes were very good..much better than the scenes starring Ms. Paltrow and her companion. I got bored with this movie very fast. The only thing that kept my attention was the story behind the story. I really wanted to love this movie.

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This was an excellent movie!
Gwyneth Paltrow played the part of a British ice queen to perfection. Aaron Eckhardt was pretty decent as a brash American. And Jeremy Northam was, as usual, sultry, sexy, and incredibly effective in this (sort of)period piece. I found the woman who played Cristabel to be a little wrong for the part, but she was okay.

The first 3/4 of the movie was good, but the ending is what cinched it for me. I bawled my eyes out and walked away affected.

I do think it could have been a more passionate film. I think the passion was displayed between Ash and Cristabel adequately, but the filmmaker never let the sparks fly with Roland and Maude.

I recommend this to anyone who enjoys films about romance and English history.