Enduring Love Movie Review 2004

Brit psychodrama, based on Ian McEwan's 1997 novel, is triggered by a bizarre accident. A runaway hot air balloon disturbs the country picnic of science prof Joe Rose (Craig) and his girlfriend Claire (Morton). Several men, including Joe, try to rescue the boy trapped inside the balloon's basket and one would-be rescuer is killed. Joe doesn't know how to react and his conflict is echoed by loner/misfit Jed (Ifans), also on the scene. In fact, Jed is convinced that he and Joe now share a profound connection. His increasingly chilling persistence leads to the breakdown of Joe and Claire's relationship and Joe's own fury. Film heads down a predictable path and the characters become cliches but Craig and Ifans manage to overcome those limitations.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Ballooning, Obsessive Love, Stalked!, Gays, Tragedy, Romantic Triangles, Great Britain

Screenplay

Joe Penhall

Cast

Daniel Craig, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Joe Dunton, Susan Lynch, Helen McCrory, Andrew Lincoln, Corin Redgrave

Cinematography

Haris Zambarloukos

Director

Roger Michell

Music

Jeremy Sams

Other

Danny Hambrook, Nicolas Gaster, Natalie Ward, John Paul Kelly

Producer

Kevin Loader, Free Range Films, Pathe, Paramount Classics