Anna Karenina
Recently, I watched yet another movie Anna Karenina 2012, a remake of 1985 directed and adopted by Joe Wright from Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel with the same name based on historical romantic drama movies. Contrasting with the romantic happy ending in 'An Affair to Remember', this film depicts the tragedy of an extramarital affair of Anna Karenina, a Russian aristocrat and socialite and wife of a senior statesman Alexei Karenin and her affair with the affluent cavalry officer Count Vronsky. Keira Knightley stars in the lead role as Karenina, gave a stunning performance which makes her third collaboration with Joe Wright following both 'Pride & Prejudice' (2005)' and 'Atonement (2007)'. Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson appear as Karenin and Vronsky, respectively. Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson, and Alicia Vikander appear in key supporting roles.Produced by Working Title Films in association with StudioCanal, the film premiered at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. It was released on 7 September 2012 in the United Kingdom and on 9 November 2012 in the United States. Anna Karenina earned a worldwide gross of approximately $69 million, mostly from its international run. It earned an approval rating of 63% from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes. Critics praised the cast, but commented on and criticized the heavily stylized adaptation, and were less enthusiastic with Wright's preference for style over substance and his idea of setting most of the action on a theatre stage.It earned four nominations at the 85th Academy Awards and six nominations at the 66th British Academy Film Awards, winning Jacqueline Durran both prizes for Best Costume Design. In addition, Anna Karenina garnered six nominations at the 17th Satellite Awards, including a Best Actress nod for Knightley and Best Adapted Screenplay for Stoppard.
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