The Village Voice, February 12th, 2002
The Missing Years
IRIS
Directed by Richard Eyre
Written by Eyre and Charles Wood, based on the books Iris: A Memoir and Elegy for Iris by John Bayley Miramax
Alzheimer's isn't the sexiest subject in the world, so you can almost forgive Richard Eyre for trying to sauce up Iris (now in general release) by opening with a lingering shot of Kate Winslet's boobs wobbling underwater. (Does she have a full frontal nudity requirement inked into all her contracts?) The scene resurfaces numerous times throughout this biopic of writer Iris Murdoch; it's the visual representative of her happy, reckless...
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