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  • My Life As A Dog
  • My Life As A Dog review by A customer from Leyland
    Rated - 4 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...  
  • Chocolat
  • Chocolat review by Lynsey#9 from SOUTHEND ON SEA
    Rated - 5 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...  
  • The Shipping News
  • The Shipping News review by A customer from Cheshire UK
    Rated - 5 stars Brilliant 27 July 2005
    ...cellent, including the lovely Rhys Ifans who surely must be a star one day, and Lasse Hallstrom directing. Please watch this wonderful film and prepare for revelations!! ...  

Lasse Hallstrom - filmography


  • The Hoax on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Richard Gere,  Michael J. Burg,  Julie Delpy
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.0 60% from 4,234 members
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  • An Unfinished Life on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Morgan Freeman,  Jennifer Lopez
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 67% from 4,985 members
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  • Casanova on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Heath Ledger,  Sienna Miller,  Jeremy Irons
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.0 58% from 5,808 members
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  • Chocolat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Juliette Binoche,  Johnny Depp,  Carrie-Anne Moss
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: 12
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 72% from 7,957 members
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  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Juliette Lewis,  Mary Steenburgen
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: 12
    Lasse Hallstrom directs this beautifully photographed, critically acclaimed drama about small-town life and the contraints that a young man's family responsibilities put on his independence. The screenplay is written by Peter Hedges who also wrote the novel of the same name.Bizarre, whimsical, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 75% from 3,884 members
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  • Once Around (1991)
    Starring: Richard Dreyfuss,  Holly Hunter
    Director: Lasse Hallstrom
    Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 67% from 20 members
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Lasse Hallstrom facts

5 most recent films


The Hoax - 3.0 stars
An Unfinished Life - 3.5 stars
Casanova - 3.0 stars
The Shipping News - 3.0 stars
Chocolat - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films


My Life As A Dog - 3.5 stars
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - 3.5 stars
The Cider House Rules - 3.5 stars
Chocolat - 3.5 stars
ABBA: The Movie - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films


Once Around - 3.5 stars
ABBA - The Movie - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars
Something To Talk About - 2.5 stars
ABBA - The Movie - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Casanova - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Björn Ulvaeus - 3 times - show films
Anni-Frid Lyngstad - 3 times - show films
Benny Andersson - 3 times - show films
Lena Olin - 2 times - show films
Johnny Depp - 2 times - show films