Acting fireworks are on display as Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, two everyday people who meet by chance on a commuter train bound for New York and fall desperately in love--despite the fact that they are both married. The stellar supporting cast includes Diane Wiest (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS).. Read more
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, George Martin, Jane Kaczmarek |
|---|---|
| Director | Ulu Grosbard |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
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Acting fireworks are on display as Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep play Frank Raftis and Molly Gilmore, two everyday people who meet by chance on a commuter train bound for New York and fall desperately in love--despite the fact that they are both married. The stellar supporting cast includes Diane Wiest (HANNAH AND HER SISTERS) and Jane Kaczmarek (TV's MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE). De Niro and Streep previously starred together in THE DEER HUNTER (1978).
| Starring | Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, George Martin, Jane Kaczmarek, Dianne Wiest, Harvey Keitel, David Clennon |
|---|---|
| Director | Ulu Grosbard |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 10 Jun 2002 Production year: 1984 |
| Format | DVD |
Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep are such dramatic heavyweights it's difficult to see them as ordinary people involved in a typical affair. Yet this light romance succeeds thanks to their subtle performances, which brilliantly adjust to the artificial pace of a dangerous liaison as architect Frank and graphic artist Molly, separately married Manhattan commuters, make daily contact that becomes mutual obsession. Ulu Grosbard's rather stilted direction is a hindrance, but De Niro and Streep, reunited for the first time after the award-winning success of The Deer Hunter, more than compensate.
"...A film that makes the most of the mundane....FALLING IN LOVE seduces the audience as gradually as the characters seduce each other..."
I watched this film years ago and thought it was great watching it again
didnt dissapoint me at all. such a natural performance as usual from my favourite actors Robert De Niro & Meryl
Streep. No wonder Molly fell for him he's georgeous.
This was great - could watch it over and over again - but how could you possibly go wrong with Robert de Niro and Meryl Street in this updated version of a Brief Encounter??? It did not even matted that the story was set twenty years ago ... an absolute and truly believable classic love story!!!