Possession Reviews

Possession Review
by Jon Popick (Rating: 4/10)
Neil LaBute must have been tuning in to a lot of daytime television over the last couple of years, because I have to assume that anyone who has undergone this kind of career makeover must have been watching dogs get turned into beauty queens on Maury...more

Possession Review
by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3/4)
POSSESSION (2002) 3 stars out of 4. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headey, Holly Aird, Toby Stephens, Trevor Eve and Tom Hickey. Director of photography Jean Yves Escoffier. Music by Gabriel Yared....more

Possession Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4)
Directed by Neil LaBute. Screenplay by David Henry Hwang, Laura Jones and LaBute, based on the novel by AS Byatt. Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam. Running time: 103 minutes. Rated AA by the MFCB. Reviewed on September 6th, 2002. more

Possession Review
by Rose 'Bams' Cooper
POSSESSION (2002) Rated PG-13; running time 102 minutes Studio: Focus (USA Films) Genre: Romantic Drama Seen at: Celebration Cinema (Lansing, Michigan) Official site: http://www.possession-movie.com/ IMDB site: http://us.imdb.com/Details?0256276 Written...more

Possession Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: C)
POSSESSION (director/writer: Neil LaBute; screenwriters: from the novel by A.S. Byatt/David Henry Hwang/Laura Jones; cinematographer: Jean-Yves Escoffier; editor: Claire Simpson; music: Gabriel Yared; cast: Gwyneth Paltrow (Maud Bailey), Aaron Eckhart...more

Possession Review
by Eugene Novikov (Rating: D+)
Possession tells of two romances, more than a century apart, and botches both of them. It is a shockingly horrid effort from acclaimed writer-director Neil LaBute, who does much better work when his characters spend their time being nasty to each...more

Possession Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 8/10)
PLOT: A good-looking American in England hooks up with Gwyneth Paltrow and her British accent to investigate the secret passions of a couple of old school poets from back in the day. As they uncover some of the hush-hush ditties between the two, the plot...more

Possession Review
by Karina Montgomery
A preamble about the source material of the film: This is such a fantastic book, I have been eagerly awaiting this film. Of my three companions, only one knew how much I had been sucked into the novel, and none of them had read it. There are...more

Possession Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B-)
Just as an exhibition of love poems by Queen Victoria's (fictional) notoriously faithful poet laureate, Randolph Henry Ash (Jeremy Northam, "Gosford Park"), is about to open, American research assistant Roland Mitchell (Aaron Eckhart, "Erin Brockovich")...more

Possession Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 7/10)
Susan Granger's review of "Possession" (USA Films release) The most romantic film of the summer, "Possession" tells a tale of two couples, separated by time yet bound together by a literary mystery. Roland Mitchell (Aaron Eckhart) is an American...more

Possession Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
Talk about a change of pace! Director Neil LaBute, famous for his hard-edged black comedies like IN THE COMPANY OF MEN and YOUR FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS, turns his creative energies to a dreamy, romantic mystery in POSSESSION, a satisfying and entertaining...more
Possession Review
by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: 3.5/4)
Rating out of 4 stars: 3.5 Reviewed by Harvey Karten USA Films Director: Neil LaBute Writer: David Henry Hwang, Laura Jones, Neil LaBute, novel by A.S. Byatt Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Aaron Eckhart, Jeremy Northam, Jennifer Ehle, Lena Headley...more