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Truly, Madly, Deeply

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A cellist (Alan Rickman) returns from the hereafter to a grieving London pianist (Juliet Stevenson) to comfort her.

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Critics Consensus

Largely thanks to charming performances from Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson, Truly Madly Deeply is an afterlife romance with infectious spirit.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 03/18/2008
This is a beguiling film in more ways than one. Go to Full Review Variety Staff Variety 03/18/2008
This sharply scripted study of a bereaved woman who literally wishes her partner back from the grave is an impressive directorial bow by British playwright Anthony Minghella. Go to Full Review Time Out 02/09/2006
As a metaphor for the experience of bereavement, the conceit is over-extended, though Stevenson almost makes it work. Go to Full Review Farah Cheded A Good Movie To Watch 07/28/2023
85/100
Blending raw observations with wry humor — and anchored by two leads with genuine chemistry — this is a profoundly moving and rewarding movie. Go to Full Review Rene Jordan El Nuevo Herald (Miami) 01/24/2023
Truly, madly, deeply a delicious flying saucer from another world. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/11/2022
4/4
A formative marker in Minghella's transition from television to a resounding, if too-short career in film, Truly, Madly, Deeply is an often funny but mostly touching film of rich characterizations. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Kim B @RT57950329 2d This movie came out just after Ghost. Both are romantic ghost stories, but this one is what someone called, The Thinking Man's Ghost". It's sad, funny, and has a happy-sad ending that leaves you satisfied. Alan Rickman is phenomenal, a huge talent that is greatly missed. I think it's my favorite of the two romantic ghost stories. But don't worry, guys, my husband enjoyed it too because it has a quirky, funny take on ghosts. See more Stacy P @RT54606907 12/25/2024 There never has been and never will be another actor like Alan Rickman. And he was a gorgeous man. For those saying he was ugly in this movie, he was made to look disheveled in this role, with that weird mustache. He was beautiful!!! See more Sibyl R @Sibyl 10/17/2024 I followed a local critic's advice to see this movie, and found myself one of three people in the theater. Which was good because I cried. And cried. And then cried again. The moment of self-sacrifice revealed at the end was almost too painful to bear. As was Alan Rickman's incantation of the poem, "The Dead Woman." See more Robbi W @RT79713464 06/27/2023 One of my absolutely all time favourite movies. I've never forgotten it. Sweet, sad and profound but ultimately a celebration of life. See more Donnette T @RT31869467 05/08/2023 Even Alan Rickman couldn't save this treacly and ponderous sniveller. See more Nisha Y @Buff1980 03/25/2023 The performances seem like they are great, but I don't think the actors themselves were ever truly or madly convinced of the plot, and Stevenson does not look in anyway attracted to Maloney as the new love, no chemistry what so ever. And all the older men crooning over her and how beautiful she is... feels totally contrived. She is beautiful, her way, her being, but she looks odd and androgynous to the point of asexual. I think this film is a good candidate for a remake, and that the remake would be much better. See more Read all reviews
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Anthony Minghella

Director

Juliet Stevenson

Nina

Alan Rickman

Jamie

Bill Paterson

Sandy

Michael Maloney

Mark

Jenny Howe

Burge

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Movie Info

Synopsis A cellist (Alan Rickman) returns from the hereafter to a grieving London pianist (Juliet Stevenson) to comfort her.
Director
Anthony Minghella
Producer
Robert Cooper
Screenwriter
Anthony Minghella
Production Co
BBC Films
Rating
PG
Genre
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.5M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Surround, Stereo