Shadowlands (1993)

Directed by Richard Attenborough · Drama, Romance

Starring Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Edward Hardwicke, John Wood, Michael Denison, Peter Firth, Matthew Delamere, Julian Fellowes, Julian Firth, Robert Flemyng, Andrew Hawkins, Peter Howell, Pat Keen, Karen Lewis, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Gerald Sim, James Frain, Joseph Mazzello, Andrew Seear, Tim McMullan, Toby Whithouse, Daniel Goode, Scott Handy, Charles Simon, Giles Oldershaw, Simon Cowell-Parker, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Carol Passmore, Howard Lew Lewis, John Quentin, Alan Talbot, Leigh Burton-Gill, Cameron Burton-Gill, Chandler Burton-Gill, Kendall Burton-Gill, Christina Burton-Gill, Sylvia Barter, James Watt, Pauline Melville, Sophie Stanton, Ysobel Gonzalez, Ninka Scott, Walter Sparrow, Terry Rowley, Norman Bird, Abigail Hopkins

IHBM7.5Very good

C.S. Lewis, a world-renowned writer and professor, leads a passionless life until he meets spirited poet Joy Gresham.

My review · Reviewed 09/23/2023

At the core of the movie is a beautiful portrayal of a man that finds the courage to step out of his comfort zone. Of course, the movie is so much more than that. I don't know that it would have worked with actors that were not the caliber of Hopkins and Winger, but we need not worry about that. I wouldn't consider it a classic, but I don't think that it is too far off.