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Summary: Excellent portrayal of novelist George Sand
Review: This movie depicts the writer George Sand, a French female writer who wrote under a man's name. Judy Davis does an excellent job of portraying this rebellious, exhuberant historical figure. Sand's outrageous exploits will make you laugh and her romance with romantic composer Chopin will make you sigh wistfully. Highly recommend.
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Summary: Wonderful! Funny! Sophisticated! Outrageous!
Review: This movie is just wonderful with a fabulous performance by Judy Davis as the scandolous George Sand. This film chronicles the beginning of her romance with the great composer Frederic Chopin, played by Hugh Grant. Chopin is both appalled and attracted to this "force of nature". It is wonderfully witty. WATCH IT!
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Summary: This Is One of My Top 5 Favorite Movies of All Time!
Review: What can I say? I love EVERYTHING about this movie! If you like romance and comedy without stupidity and too much schmuckiness, plus historical artistic figures as well, give this movie a try. Great costumes, clever dialogue, and engaging plot will be the combination that will keep you thoroughly entertained from start to finish. Judy Davis is awesome as eccentric and flambouyant novelist George Sand, and Hugh Grant is a surprisingly complimentary frail and romantic Chopin. The supporting cast of Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, and Julian Sands is also very pleasurable. You will laugh and be moved, but hopefully you won't come away disappointed. This movie is a lot of fun!
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Summary: PRETENTIOUS AND BORING
Review: What happened here? You have a great cast, admirable production and producer/directors of note. Why was this one such a stinker? Something just didn't work here, as if this film was very impressed with itself so it didn't have to "work" at it. Sadly, it fails to deliver on all accounts. I saw it in a theatre and literally couldn't WAIT for it to end.
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Summary: A comedy about Chopin?? Yes!
Review: When I first heard about this movie's concept, I was outraged. How dare they make a comedy of such an ultimately tragic figure? Eventually I got over it and went to see it. Amazingly enough, they managed to make a Chopin comedy work. A semi-biographical "what if" fantasy that's a delightful comedy of manners. It makes a small attempt to examine the psyches of Chopin and Sand. Generally very good performances all around. Grant just didn't manage to convincingly bring the frailty to the role of Chopin that I imagine would have been accurate. Davis gave a convincingly forceful performance as Sand. I don't know why the premium cable channels never bother to show this movie. How long will it be until the viewing public eventually rediscovers this little gem?
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Summary: i have loved this movie since london, 1990
Review: where i first saw it on screen at a local cinema. wit, grace, charm, and granted yes, somewhat affected performances, but still a sweetness manages to come through. love & music, eternal muses, are showcased in their manic, most evocative forms here & are captured in all their energy & wit of an era of change, challenge & growth culturally...thought the 1960s were a time for pushing boundaries? it has nothing on the 1830s/40s for experimentation & artistic endeavor. watch the movie!
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Summary: Great fun and great music!!
Review: Whether or not this movie comes even remotely close to telling the real story of the love affair between George Sand and Frederic Chopin doesn't matter, for once. George and her group of hedonistic friends are great fun to watch. And you'll love rooting for George as she tries everything to get the "frail as a holy waifer" Chopin to notice her. Wonderful performances by everyone, especially Emma Thompson and Mandy Patinkin.
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Summary: I love this film!
Review: Whoever referred to George Sand (Aurore Dupin) as "an overgrown tomboy" obviously didn't take the time to learn anything about her life, her work, her ideals. Sadly, few people know about this remarkable woman, despite the fact that she quite famous during the time and place in which she lived and worked (19th-century France). Her work influenced many other authors and artists of the day. Unfortunately, few of her works have been translated into English (the two most easily found are _Indiana_ and _Marianne_). I STRONGLY recommend Impromptu to anyone who wants to enjoy an evening of inspiration, history (as an entertaining mix of fact and fiction), romance, and comedy. I love that this film doesn't shrink from portraying George Sand in some reasonable level of human complexity. Perhaps the relatively more shallow portrayals of the other characters in this film were intentional, as contrast. Judy Davis does an exquisite job of playing Sand as a confident, practical, strong woman who is also exquisitely sensitive, affectionate, and sometimes downright vulnerable. I purchased this film so I could watch it again and again. I never tire of the story. It has inspired me to read as much of George Sand's work as I can, and to learn more about the life of this remarkable, passionate, courageous and talented woman!
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