{"id":498,"date":"2014-07-22T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T14:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=498"},"modified":"2025-03-23T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T14:15:43","slug":"498","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"Anna Karenina-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anna Karenina-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Joe Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Keira Knightley, Jude Law<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #126<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 22, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna Karenina (2012) is the film adaptation of the classic Leo Tolstoy novel. Shamefully, having not read the novel, but being familiar with the story I was not sure how successful the transition from novel to film would be.<\/p>\n

The transition proved to be quite successful, as it would turn out.<\/p>\n

Being a fan of director Joe Wright, who did wonderful work on his direction of Atonement in 2007, he is a master of costumed period pieces and Anna Karenina is no different in that regard.<\/p>\n

It is vastly different, however, in the way it is shot. The film is non-traditional and is shot with jarring, quick camera movements interspersed with musical numbers.<\/p>\n

It resembles Moulin Rouge (2001) in this style and is not for everyone\u2019s tastes. I enjoy this technique and, combined with the wonderful art direction\/costumes, makes for modern, unique storytelling.<\/p>\n

Keira Knightley is as adequate as Anna, but nothing special. I have to wonder if she was cast simply because she is typically the lead in Joe Wright films.<\/p>\n

It is a tragedy, of course, and a tale of a lonely love-torn young woman conflicted between two high-class men. On a broader scale, it’s a story of the romantic entanglements of the high-class world and their trials and tribulations, centering on Anna.<\/p>\n

The look of the film is what impressed me most, more than the story did.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations:<\/strong> 1 win-<\/strong>Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design (won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anna Karenina-2012 Director Joe Wright Starring Keira Knightley, Jude Law Scott’s Review #126 Reviewed July 22, 2014 Grade: B+ Anna Karenina (2012) is the film adaptation of the classic Leo Tolstoy novel. Shamefully, having not read the novel, but being familiar with the story I was not sure how successful the transition from novel to … Continue reading Anna Karenina-2012<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,6076,3662,3664,4591,192,2920,6587,3660,2058,2537,2419,3661,3663,4562,5374,222],"tags":[75,6078,3667,3669,4595,193,2929,6591,3665,2060,2541,2420,3666,3668,4564,5378,221],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-aaron-taylor-johnson","category-alicia-vikander","category-bill-skarsgard","category-domhnall-gleeson","category-dramas","category-emerald-fennell","category-holliday-grainger","category-joe-wright","category-jude-law","category-keira-knightley","category-kelly-macdonald","category-leo-tolstoy","category-michelle-dockery","category-olivia-williams","category-raphael-personnaz","category-romantic-dramas","tag-2012-movie-reviews","tag-aaron-taylor-johnson","tag-alicia-vikander","tag-bill-skarsgard","tag-domhnall-gleeson","tag-dramas-2","tag-emerald-fennell","tag-holliday-grainger","tag-joe-wright","tag-jude-law","tag-keira-knightley","tag-kelly-macdonald","tag-leo-tolstoy","tag-michelle-dockery","tag-olivia-williams","tag-raphael-personnaz","tag-romantic-dramas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=498"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19984,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498\/revisions\/19984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}