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• • Lavish but lifeless adaptation of Hemingway's novel about the 'lost generation' of expatriates who hung out in Paris... read more on Time Out

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    • 04 Nov 2008 at 00:19

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    No too bad

    The Paris parts were quite good a faithful to the book. By the time they got to Spain you would almost forget this was the early '20s and imagine them in ... read more »

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    • Seth Lynch
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    • 12 Sep 2006 at 07:24

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    A strangely leaden film of two halves

    This is a great disappointment. A stellar cast, a great story; but it is one of the most rambling and leaden films of the period I have seen, and I'm not ... read more »

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    Improves with watching

    I thought at first that this was going to be a bit of a slog, the acting was stilted and the story a little dreary, but everything improved when the scene ... read more »

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    Good book /good film

    If you read Ernest Hemingway and think of the time it was written , it is a very good film. I love the relationship between Ava Gardener and the bullfighter. ... read more »

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    • 15 Jun 2009 at 19:58

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    The Sun Also Rises

    Excellent film version for its time of Hemingway's passionate novel, brilliant performances from Ava Gardner,Tyrone Power and Mel Ferrer: it brings all the... read more »

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    No too bad

    The Paris parts were quite good a faithful to the book. By the time they got to Spain you would almost forget this was the early '20s and imagine them in ... read more »

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