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Lasse Hallstrom

Lasse Hallstrom


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  • The Cider House Rules
  • The Cider House Rules review by Baz from
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Better Upgrade On BLU RAY Than I Expected 14 December 2011
    ...“…She Was Killed By Secrecy…She Was Killed By Ignorance…” Lasse Hallstrom's 1999 adaptation of John Irving's 1985 book (of the same name) is a rather lovely little film - t...   Read customer review
  • My Life As A Dog
  • My Life As A Dog review by A customer from Leyland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Puppy Love 13 December 2005
    ...A wonderfully unsentimental view of the pain and pleasure of childhood, Lasse Hallstrom has produced a small masterpiece here. The young man in the title role, who takes out h...   Read customer review
  • Chocolat
  • Chocolat review by from SOUTHEND ON SEA
    Rated - 5.0 stars 29 September 2004
    ... - classic! Chocolat' is an amazing beautiful movie. Extremely well directed by Lasse Hallstrom (Director of Cider House Rules) and adapted perfectly from Joanne Harris' novel...   Read customer review

Lasse Hallstrom - filmography


  • Dear John - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Amanda Seyfried,  Henry Thomas
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Lasse Hallström and screenwriter Jamie Linden collaborate to adapt author Nicholas Sparks' novel about a young soldier who falls for an idealistic college girl. Savannah Curtis (Amanda Seyfried) was on spring break when she first met John Tyree (Channing Tatum), who was home on temporary ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 3,051 members
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  • Dear John on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Channing Tatum,  Amanda Seyfried,  Henry Thomas
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the makers of "The Notebook" and starring Channing Tatum ("Fighting", "Step Up") and Amanda Seyfried ("Mamma Mia"). "Dear John" is a romantic drama about a soldier who falls for a conservative college student while he's home on leave and the passionate but complicated long distance ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 18,851 members
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  • Hachi - A Dog's Tale on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Joan Allen,  Sarah Roemer
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 4,925 members
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  • Hachi - A Dog's Tale - Blu-ray (2008)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Joan Allen,  Sarah Roemer
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 47 members
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  • The Hoax on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Michael J. Burg,  Julie Delpy
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Richard Gere gives one of the best performances of his career in Lasse Hallstrom's vastly entertaining THE HOAX, based on true events. Gere stars as Clifford Irving, a struggling writer desperate to be a famous bestselling author. After his novel gets rejected, he concocts a crazy plot in which he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,455 members
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  • An Unfinished Life on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Morgan Freeman,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLAT, CIDER HOUSE RULES) directs an all-star cast in this melancholy tale of bitterness and redemption, played out against the beautiful backdrop of rural Wyoming. Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez) is a single mom on the run from her abusive boyfriend, Gary (Damian Lewis). With ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 12,623 members
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  • Casanova on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Sienna Miller,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    For the first time in his life, the legendary Casanova is about to meet his match when the alluring Francesca does the one thing the notorious lover of women never thought possible - refuse him. Through disguises, subterfuges and wit, Casanova manages to get closer and closer to Francesca... but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 25,155 members
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  • The Shipping News on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kevin Spacey,  Cate Blanchett,  Julianne Moore
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLAT, MY LIFE AS A DOG) presents this strong, quiet, chillingly deep adaptation of the popular novel by E. Annie Proulx. In a fishing port set in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, newspaper journalist Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), his young daughter Bunny (Alyssa Gainer), and his ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 11,142 members
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  • Chocolat - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Johnny Depp,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Lasse Hallstrom's CHOCOLAT is set in the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong north wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 252 members
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  • Chocolat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Johnny Depp,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Watch now: £2.49
    Lasse Hallstrom's CHOCOLAT is set in the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong north wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 39,531 members
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  • The Cider House Rules on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Delroy Lindo,  Charlize Theron
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    THE CIDER HOUSE RUES, an expertly crafted and intelligent adapation of John Irving's novel, explores themes of disappointment, ideas of moral ambiguity, and, indeed, lessons about life itself, woven into a dramatic story that is neither slow nor sentimental. Tobey Maguire is the immensely likable ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 9,084 members
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  • Something To Talk About on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Dennis Quaid,  Julia Roberts,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lasse Hallstrom (THE CIDER HOUSE RULES, MY LIFE AS A DOG) directs this romantic comedy in which Julia Roberts plays Grace, a decent but naive southern woman who, happening to drive by her husband, Eddie (Dennis Quaid), one afternoon, is shocked to discover him locked in a passionate embrace, in ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,192 member
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  • Once Around (1991)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Renata Bella feels like a failure at life and career. But when Renata attends a seminar on selling real estate, she finally finds True Love. Sam Sharpe, while a top-notch, successful salesman, is much older than Renata. She is swept away by his excessively flamboyant style and irrepressible nature. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 30 members
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  • My Life As A Dog on DVD (1985)
    Starring: Anton Glanzelius,  Tomas Von Bromssen,  Anki Liden
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Twelve-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzlius) has a life far too complex for a kid his age. His beloved mother (Anki Liden), once soft and loving, is now an angry invalid. His older brother (Manfred Serner) torments him daily. But there must be worse things in life, and Ingemar does not hesitate to ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 4,986 members
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  • ABBA - The Movie - HD (1977)
    Starring: Anni-Frid Lyngstad,  Benny Andersson,  Björn Ulvaeus
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This pop film follows Swedish group ABBA on a very successful tour of Australia, showing all the magic and excitement of one of the top live acts in the world. The hit singles include 'Waterloo', 'Mamma Mia', 'Dancing Queen', 'Fernando', 'Take A Chance On Me' and 'Thank You For The Music.'
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 41 members
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  • ABBA - The Movie on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Anni-Frid Lyngstad,  Benny Andersson,  Björn Ulvaeus
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    ABBAmania: that was the name given to the hysterical worship of four Swedes that enthralled Australia during an intense period in the mid-1970s. The feverish madness of the tour was captured on film in director Lasse Hallstrom's ABBA - The Movie, which remains as one of precious few opportunities ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 374 members
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  • ABBA - The Movie - Blu-ray (1977)
    Starring: Anni-Frid Lyngstad,  Benny Andersson,  Björn Ulvaeus
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This pop film follows Swedish group ABBA on a very successful tour of Australia, showing all the magic and excitement of one of the top live acts in the world. The hit singles include 'Waterloo', 'Mamma Mia', 'Dancing Queen', 'Fernando', 'Take A Chance On Me' and 'Thank You For The Music.'
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 294 members
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Lasse Hallstrom facts

5 most recent films

Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - Blu-ray - 5.0 stars
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 3.0 stars
Dear John - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Dear John - 3.5 stars
Hachi - A Dog's Tale - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Hachi - A Dog's Tale - 4.0 stars
Chocolat - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Cider House Rules - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - 3.5 stars
My Life As A Dog - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen - 3.0 stars
ABBA - The Movie - HD - 3.5 stars
Once Around - 3.5 stars
Hachi - A Dog's Tale - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen - Blu-ray - 5.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Judi Dench - 5 times - show films
Lena Olin - 5 times - show films
Alfred Molina - 5 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 4 times - show films
Richard Gere - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Lasse Hallstrom - 1 times - show films