The Hours Summary
MPAA Rating: PG13
Director: Stephen Daldry
Genres: Drama
Rating:
Three women, separated by a span of nearly 80 years, find themselves weathering similar crises, all linked by a single work of literature in this film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael_Cunningham. In 1923, Virginia Woolf (Nicole_Kidman) is attempting to start work on her novel -Mrs. Dalloway, in which she chronicles one day in the life of a troubled woman. But Virginia has demons of her own, and she struggles to overcome the depression and suicidal impulses that have followed her throughout her life, as her husband Leonard (Stephen_Dillane) ineffectually tries to help. In 1951, Laura Brown (Julianne_Moore) is a housewife living in suburban Los Angeles, where she looks after her son Richie (Jack_Rovello) and husband Dan (John_C._Reilly). Laura is also an avid reader who is currently making her way through -Mrs. Dalloway. The farther she gets into the novel, the more Laura discovers that it reflects a dissatisfaction she feels in her own life, and she finds herself pondering the notion of leaving her life behind. Finally, in 2000, Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl_Streep) is a literary editor who is caring for Richard Brown (Ed_Harris), a former boyfriend and noted author, who is slowly losing his fight with AIDS. Clarissa is trying to arrange a party to celebrate the fact that Richard has won a prestigious literary award, but is getting little help from Richard's ex-lover, Louis (Jeff_Daniels). As she labors to help Richard through another day, he wonders if his life is worth the unending struggle. The Hours also features Toni_Collette, Miranda_Richardson, Allison_Janney, and Claire_Danes. Mark Deming, Rovi
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