+ 3rd Worst Movie of the Year
+ Most Deserved Flop of the Year
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| A sweeping period romance epic is promised from this picturesque poster for Mike Newell's Love in the Time of Cholera |
In Colombia in the second half of the 19th century, there were two people, who loved each other, but who could not be together, and she was married and rejected him, but he persisted to love her, and only as elderly people their love was finally able to be realized.
Love in the Time of Cholera is written by Ronald Harwood (The Pianist (2002)), adapting the same-titled 1985 novel by Gabriel García Márquez (Of Love and Other Demons/Del Amor y Otros Demonios (1994)), and directed by great British filmmaker Mike Newell (The Awakening (1980)).
What may sound as a beautiful story results in an objectionable film here: It seems as if Newell doesn't care for the source text. At any rate the story comes out extremely inauthentic; the dialog rings false; and cliches seem to be hiding behind every corner. - The aesthetics chosen of a 'beautifully rundown' Latin America in warm colors is also clichéd.
Love in the Time of Cholera is also overlong and very boring. The acting is alive, but the film is a total fiasco.
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Watch a trailer for the film here
Cost: 50 mil. $
Box office: 31.3 mil. $
= Huge flop (returned 0.62 times the cost)
[Love in the Time of Cholera premiered 4 October (Festival do Rio, Brazil) and runs 139 minutes. Producer Scott Steindorff spent 3 years getting the rights to the novel. The film marks the first an likely the last Hollywood adaptation of a Márquez work. Shooting took place in Colombia and England, including London, finishing in September 2006. The film opened #10 to a 1.9 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it declined from there and only grossed 4.6 mil. $ (14.7 % of the total gross.) The biggest market was Italy with 5.4 mil. $ (17.3 %). North America was the 2nd biggest, and the 3rd biggest was Mexico with 4.2 mil. $ (13.4 %). An unreleased final version of the film was reportedly screened for Márquez, after which he smilingly declared "Bravo!" Roger Ebert gave the film a 1.5/4 star review, equal to its rating here. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe. Newell returned with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010). Javier Bardem (Don't Tempt Me/Sin Noticias de Dios (2001)) returned in great Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008); Giovanna Mezzogiorno (Don't Tell/La Bestia nel Cuore (2005)) in Les Murs Porteurs (2007); Benjamin Bratt (Doctor Strange (2016)) in Trucker (2008). Love in the Time of Cholera is rotten at 25 % with a 4.7/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
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