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Sons & Lovers (2003)
Director: Stephen Whittaker
Cast: Sarah Lancashire, Hugo Speer, James Murray, Rupert Evans
Runtime192 min
Rating15
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Filmmaker Stephen Whittaker adapts author D.H. Lawrence's simmering tale of sex, love, and family. In the years leading up to World War I, the problems faced by many families were uncannily similar to the issues that mankind would still be struggling with nearly a century later. Human relationships remain as fragile as ever, and the only constant in life seems to be a humbling sense of uncertainty. Sarah Lancashire stars in a drama detailing the anguish of first love, and the awkward confusion of first sex.
Critical Reception & Ratings
Sons & Lovers (2003) is an adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel, directed by Stephen Whittaker. The film received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the performances and the film's ability to capture the emotional complexities of family relationships. However, it did not receive any major awards recognition.
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Sons and Lovers is a 1913 novel by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It traces emotional conflicts through the protagonist, Paul Morel, and his suffocating relationships with a demanding mother and two very different lovers, which exert complex influences on the development of his manhood. The novel was originally published by Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd., London, and Mitchell Kennerley Publishers, New York. While the novel initially received a mediocre reception, along with allegations of obscenity, it is today considered a masterpiece by many critics and is often regarded as Lawrence's finest achievement. It goes into detail about Lawrence's life and his phases, as his first was when he lost his mother in 1910 to whom he was particularly attached. He met Frieda Richthofen during that time, and also began conceiving his other two novels, The Rainbow and Women in Love, which had more sexual emphasis and maturity.
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