Iris
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True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.
December 13, 2001. Iris could have been a worthy if dull biopic. But with Judi Dench playing spiky novelist Iris Murdoch (A Severed Head), who is battling to save her final years from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease, and Kate Winslet…
Time Out says. Eyre's film of John Bayley's bestselling memoirs has the virtues one imagines Iris Murdoch would have hoped for: it's an intelligent, literate film with a sure sense of its world and honest, moving performances. If it's also…
FILMS - Film Reviews.Played by Kate Winslet, the younger Iris is a vivacious intellectual with penchants for nude swimming and casual sex. What she sees in the bookish, stammering Bayley (Bonneville) is a mystery, but that doesn't stop her…
