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  • Absolute Power
  • Absolute Power review by muggsley from Lancashire
    Rated - 3 stars Slick Clint flic with powerful cast 13 June 2005
    ...with a cast containing (amongst others)Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn and Laura Linney, it's hard not to. The plot's cleverly done, Clint is excellent (as an oddly...  
  • The Truman Show
  • The Truman Show review by Welshslider from Cwmbran, Wales
    Rated - 5 stars Essential viewing 29 June 2007
    ...by Carrey but with help from Oscar nominated Ed Harris and also Oscar nominated Laura Linney. This is one of those rare films that will leave you wanting more. Essential ...  
  • Primal Fear
  • Primal Fear review by from SUTTON COLDFIELD
    Rated - 5 stars 3 December 2003
    ...efore but never tire of seeing it again. Superb performances from Richard Gere, Laura Linney and especially Edward Norton who, in my opinion, is a very underrated actor. ...  

Laura Linney - filmography


  • John Adams (3 discs) on DVD (2008)
    Starring: David Morse,  Justin Theroux,  Paul Giamatti
    Director: Tom Hooper
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, HBO's American Splendor) in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count On Me, Kinsey) as Adams' devoted wife Abigail, John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of America's independence and government, ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 1,269 member
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  • The Other Man on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Abigail Canton,  Amanda Drew
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    After many years of marriage a man's wife dies. Shortly afterwards, a letter arrives for her from another man. Obsessed with finding out the truth, the husband writes back, impersonating his dead wife. Soon he discovers a love which he cannot understand.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 41% from 16 members
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  • Breach on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Chris Cooper,  Ryan Phillippe,  Laura Linney
    Director: Billy Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In 2001, FBI trainee Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillippe) starts work under the Bureau's computer wizard Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper), with secret orders to check on his internet habits. He's soon told Hanssen is the target of an espionage investigation.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 17,168 members
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  • The Hottest State on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Laura Linney,  Mark Webber
    Director: Ethan Hawke
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Days before his 21st birthday, William (Mark Webber), an actor, meets and quickly falls madly in love with Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno), a seductive yet elusive singer/songwriter. The film follows William from a Lower East Side tenement to a Mexican hotel room, to a snowbound weekend in ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 239 members
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  • Jindabyne on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Laura Linney,  Gabriel Byrne,  Chris Haywood
    Director: Ray Lawrence
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Four men leave the small Australian town of Jindabyne for a weekend fishing trip. On finding the body of a young Aboriginal woman floating in the river, they decide not to immediately alert the authorities. Upon their return, the truth gets out, polarising the community.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 9,094 members
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  • P.S. on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Laura Linney,  Topher Grace,  Gabriel Byrne
    Director: Dylan Kidd
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A romantic story about a late 30's divorced woman who gets to live her fairy tale when she is reunited with a high school sweetheart who had died previously and reincarnated in a mid 20's year old cutie
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 2,199 members
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  • Kinsey on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Laura Linney,  Chris O'Donnell
    Director: Bill Condon
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The life story of Alfred Kinsey, a man driven to uncover the most private secrets of the nation, and journey into the mystery of human behavior. In 1948, Kinsey irrevocably changed American culture and created a media sensation with his book "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male." Using the technique ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 14,394 members
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  • Mystic River - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: Sean Penn,  Tim Robbins,  Kevin Bacon
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In Clint Eastwood's MYSTIC RIVER, a murder mystery in South Boston unites three men who have been friends since childhood. Grippingly powerful performances from the entire cast--Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, and Laura Linney--combined with gritty ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 2 members
    Due for release on 8th February 2010
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  • Love Actually - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 267 members
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  • Love Actually on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 76,575 members
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  • Mothman Prophecies on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  David Eigenberg,  Bob Tracey
    Director: Mark Pellington
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Driving South to Richmond, Washington Post reporter John Klein (Richard Gere) finds himself unexpectedly way off course--in the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia--knocking on the door of Gordon and Denise Smallwood (Tom Patton and Lucinda Jenney). Gordon is irate. This is the third night ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 5,013 members
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  • Further Tales of the City (2002)
    Starring: Olympia Dukakis,  Paul Hopkins,  Laura Linney
    Director: Pierre Gang
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the novel by Armistead Maupin, TALES OF THE CITY chronicled the lives of six apartment dwellers in a complex owned by an eccentric during the 1970s. This second sequel (following MORE TALES OF THE CITY) to the original finds the 1970s over and the 1980s just beginning. Set in 1981, FURTHER ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 79% from 23 members
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  • You Can Count On Me on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Amy Ryan,  Laura Linney,  Rory Culkin
    Director: Kenneth Lonergan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in a small town in upstate New York, YOU CAN COUNT ON ME looks at a brother and sister who grew up together as orphans but now face life with very different perspectives. Sammy (Laura Linney) works at the local bank. Most of her attention goes into raising her 8-year-old son, Rudy (Rory Culkin),..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 3,120 members
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  • Love Letters (1999)
    Starring: Steven Weber,  Laura Linney,  Kirsten Storms
    Director: Stanley Donen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Oscar® nominee Laura Linney (Mystic River) and Steven Weber (Leaving Las Vegas) star in this charming screen adaptation of A.R. Gurney s internationally-acclaimed stage hit a heartfelt look at love life and friendship directed by the legendary Stanley Donen (Singin In the Rain). Andy is a serious ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 3 members
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  • Truman Show, The - BLU-RAY Version (1998)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Ed Harris,  Laura Linney
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    The life of Truman Burbank has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 983 members
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  • The Truman Show on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jim Carrey,  Ed Harris,  Laura Linney
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    The life of Truman Burbank has been broadcast around the world with tremendous success since the day he was born. A star for the mere fact that he exists, Truman has no idea that there are cameras in every corner of his world.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 19,439 members
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  • Absolute Power on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Clint Eastwood,  Gene Hackman,  Ed Harris
    Director: Clint Eastwood
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this slick political thriller, an emotionally disconnected, aesthetically refined master thief is out for one final score before retiring to his treasure-lined hideaway. But during a robbery at a mansion near Washington, he witnesses a bizarre sex murder involving the President of the United ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 3,987 members
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  • Primal Fear on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Laura Linney,  John Mahoney
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Powerful, media-hungry Chicago defense attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) gets in over his head when he takes the case of an altar boy (Edward Norton making his film debut) accused of murdering an archbishop. His opponent for the prosecution is his former protege and lover Janet Venable (Laura ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4,647 members
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  • Congo on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dylan Walsh,  Laura Linney,  Ernie Hudson
    Director: Frank Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An African mountain gorilla who's been taught sign language by a young primatologist is returned to the jungles of the Congo in this adaptation of Michael Crichton's 1980 sci-fi adventure novel. During their journey they cross paths with greedy corporate scavengers searching for a hidden cache of ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,037 members
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  • More Tales Of The City (2 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Olympia Dukakis,  Laura Linney,  Paul Hopkins
    Director: Pierre Gang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    More Tales Of The City--the TV miniseries sequel to "Tales of the City"--is an adaptation of the books by Armistead Maupin. Like its precursor, it follows the lives of a diverse group of individuals from San Francisco, each of whom are searching for love. Meet Anna Madrigal, the bizarre landlady, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,580 member
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  • The Other Man to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Abigail Canton,  Amanda Drew
    Director: Richard Eyre
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £3.49
    Run time: 84 minutes
    In this gripping suspense thriller, Oscar nominee Liam Neeson (Taken) is a man obsessed with uncovering the truth surrounding the disappearance of his wife (Oscar nominee Laura Linney). After stumbling across clues that take him to the streets of Milan, he tracks down his wife's charismatic lover (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Mothman Prophecies The to Watch Now (2002)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  David Eigenberg,  Bob Tracey
    Director: Mark Pellington
    Certificate: Certificate: 12 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 120 minutes
    Based on true events, The Mothman Prophecies is a compelling, heart-pounding, bone-chilling thriller that will jolt you off your seat! Driven to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his wife's death, John Klein uncovers chilling secrets behind The Mothman, a timeless, nameless ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 26 members
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  • Primal Fear to Watch Now (1996)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Laura Linney,  John Mahoney
    Director: Gregory Hoblit
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
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    Run time: 130 minutes
    "Serves up twist after twist." - Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times "Gere creates one of the best performances of his career." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. Guilty? Innocent? Those questions aren't for high-powered Chicago attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) to decide. His job is to defend - ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 54 members
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Laura Linney facts

5 most recent films

John Adams - 4.0 stars
The Other Man - 2.0 stars
Breach - 3.5 stars
The Savages - 3.5 stars
The Hottest State - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Law And Order - Fifth Series - 4.0 stars
John Adams - 4.0 stars
Truman Show, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Primal Fear - 3.5 stars
Tales Of The City - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Other Man - 2.0 stars
Love Letters - 3.0 stars
Further Tales of the City - 4.0 stars
Mystic River - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
The Hottest State - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Liam Neeson - 5 times - show films
Richard Gere - 4 times - show films
Ed Harris - 3 times - show films
Olympia Dukakis - 3 times - show films
Lucia Moniz / - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Clint Eastwood - 3 times - show films
Mark Pellington - 2 times - show films
Richard Curtis - 2 times - show films
Peter Weir - 2 times - show films
Gregory Hoblit - 2 times - show films