Truly, Madly, Deeply (DVD)

- TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY...PASSIONATELY - Released in 1991. Written and Directed by Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) Stars Juliet Stevenson & Alan Rickman. BBFC Rating: PG. Running Time: 106 Minutes. Originally a 1990's BBC Screen Two Series set in two parts, Genre: British Romance. BAFTA Winner for best original screenplay. - This film has such a wonderful premise. - Jamie and Nina are a young couple who are very much in love. One day Jamie dies quite suddenly from a virus, and Nina's life comes crashing down around her. Jamie, a cellist, was the love of her life; they were best friends, lovers, absolutely everything to each ...  Read the complete review

Truly, Madly, Deeply is a 1990 film written and directed by the genius that was Anthony Minghella. It is a beautifully told romantic story supported by a cast of fantastic British actors. Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman star in this moving BAFTA award winning film that is firmly placed among the favourites in my collection. Stevenson plays the part of Nina, an interpreter who is suffering with the grief of her boyfriend dying despite a year having passed by. In fact, things seem to be getting worse for the young woman. However, she appears to be granted a miracle when her beloved boyfriend Jamie(Alan Rickman) returns to her in the form of a ghost. ...  Read the complete review

**The Plot** Nina (Juliet Stevenson) and Jamie (Alan Rickman) were two people very much in love, and this continued even after Jamie died. Nina is left emotionally paralyzed by the death of Jamie, unable to live her life as she should. She cannot let go of her perfect man and starts to fall apart at the seems. Jamie comes back to Nina as a ghost. She is absolutely delighted that he has come back to her, and things go back to how she remembers them, perfect. Until Jamie starts to bring home his "friends" and start to behave slightly less like the perfect man she remembers. Jamie is acting exactly how he used it, and Nina starts to ...  Read the complete review

Introduction I remember watching this film in the early nineties while still at university and being so impressed that I had to go back the next day to see it again. I've seen it countless times since, thanks to finding a copy on video. This is a truly underrated film; one that awoke me to the acting skills of Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman - to be able to play both comedy and tragedy in the way that they do is really amazing. If you haven't seen it, especially if you're British, then you should try and get hold of a copy. The director Anthony Minghella is a name I am very familiar with, but didn't know that he had directed either this film, or ...  Read the complete review

~Who~ Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) directs Juliet Stevenson as Nina and Alan Rickman as Jamie in this story of love and loss, life and death. Michael Maloney plays Mark a living person attracted to Nina. ~The Movie~ This film is a moving and funny story about Nina who is a professional translator who had unexpectedly lost the love of her life - Jamie- to a sore throat. This movie shows us how her life falls apart after his death and how she manages to pull it back together. Her flat is also falling apart, something that was always hers and never 'theirs' she is inundated by repairmen and offers of dates by the various men who ...  Read the complete review