Stuffy film about the airing-out of a stuffy man: namely C.S. Lewis, Oxford don, Christian philosopher, fantasy novelist, and a bachelor shy of "contact." (Anthony Hopkins could play this part in his sleep, and very nearly does.) The airer-out (Debra Winger, as "different" as ever) is his American fan, and a poet in her own right, and eventually his wife. The worst of the movie's conventionality -- given its estimable protagonist -- is its anti-intellectualism: as emotion blossoms, it crowds out and diminishes the life of the mind. And the heady talk of the early going ("One can always be so much more friendly with people who can't stay long") gives way to Love Story slushiness. Adapted by William Nicholson from his own stage play; directed by Richard Attenborough. (1993) — Duncan Shepherd
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