The Secret Rapture (film)

The Secret Rapture is a 1993 British drama film directed by Howard Davies. The screenplay by David Hare is based on his 1988 play of the same title.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival onSeptember 1993. It opened in one theater in New York City onApril 1994 and earned 18,719 during its fourweek run there. It went into release in the UK onJune 1994.Stephen Holden of the New York Times thought the films emotional texture is considerably richer than the Broadway production. And its wrenching performances and dark, clammy atmosphere cast an unsettling chill. He added, Much of the power of the film . . . lies in the lurching unpredictability of its story . . . In observing the characters up close, the film exudes an emotional intensity that was missing from the more politically pointed Broadway production. As dislikable as Marion may be, Ms. Wiltons portrayal allows us enough glimpses through her mask of hard selfsufficiency to suggest the fearful, unloved child beneath. Isobel, with her outpourings of concern and conscience, is far more sympathetic. But Ms. Stevenson also doesnt shy away from showing the characters streaks of stubbornness and hysteria. The films flashiest performance belongs to Ms. WhalleyKilmer as the impulsive, sexually magnetic Katherine. At moments she oddly suggests a young, tipsy Joan Collins whose bravado cannot conceal her lack of an inner core. The films biggest flaw is its attempt to compress too much story into too little space, in scenes that shift abruptly from character to character. ........

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