Release Date
December 27, 2002 (LA/NY)
January 17, 2003
January 17, 2003
Director
Stephen Daldry
Writer
David Hare
Cast
Stephen Dillane, Eileen Atkins, John C. Reilly, Allison Janney, Ed Harris, Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep
Studio
Running Time
120 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, some disturbing images and brief language
The Hours follows three different women in three different times. One is author Virginia Woolf, who is suffering from depression and is thinking of suicide while writing what will be the classic "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1923. The second is Laura Brown, a pregnant housewife who can't stop reading Woolf's book, and third is Clarissa Vaughn, a modern day woman who is throwing a party for her ex-lover who is dying of AIDS.... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
One of the five movies selected for Best Picture, "The Hours" presents three of today's finest actresses at their peaks in a disturbingly depressing yet richly powerful drama. Full movie review »
