Another period pic detailing the lives of the early 20th century's over-privileged. Although director Marleen Gorris' take on Virginia Woolf's novel of the same name is riddled with costume drama clichés (colour co-ordinated sets, irritating fops spouting useless witicisms - - some of the tactics we've come to recognise), it's Vanessa Redgrave's portrayal of Mrs Dalloway that makes this film worth the time and effort. Redgrave, marrying emotion with cool restraint, dominates the screen as the woman whose preparation for a party evokes memories of her youth and doubts about whether she wed the right man.
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