Toltoy's masterpiece is beautifully brought to life here on this visually arresting movie which should have been a big smash and oddy wasn't. I loved the movie and performances. I saw many adaptations of Anna Karenina (including masterpiece theater, which was still the best), but you can not compare one to the other, and this is also a fine work of art, but with a different vision, at times tragic, at times comical but always compelling. Keira was great in the leading role and she stole the show in my opinion. Her lover was handsome and seductive, and her deceived husband was expertly played by Jude Law who is usually the seducer himself and must have found the role quite a stretch. I don't know what critics want and why they were lukewarm about this beautiful film, but I do know good when I see it and this film was good.
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