Movie Review.

Beauty. No other word can describe what The Hours is. The Hours follows three woman, who, in one way or another, are affected the Mrs. Dalloway. A Book by Virginia Woolf.

Stephen Daldry directs this piece. Daldry has directed films such as The Reader (his most recent) and Billy Elliot, which is one of my favorites. His direction in the hours is simply subtle and effortless but leaves big impact that radiates off of the screen. He directs the film so the people watching it, see it going in their own direction. Simply superb. One of Daldry's best works.

Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge) gives the performance of a life-time as Virginia Woolf. A Woman filled with depth and wonder. She leads the story, even though she has the shortest segmant of the film. Nicole Kidmans subtleness and beauty that she brings to the performance is beyond what I thought she would be able to do.

Julliane Moore gives a fantastic performance also. What a great addition to her breathtaking performance in Far From Heaven. Both performances so beautiful and lovely that she is now one of my favorite actresses. Her character in The Hours is so vulnerable and scared but she tries ever so hard to pull through and make her life seem normal, when it of course is not. Meryl Streep also gives a great performance as she always does.

One of the stand-outs I witnessed in this film is Toni Collette. A personal favorite of mine for a while now, Toni Collette gives a masterclass performance on acting as the vulnerable and beautiful Kitty. Although in the film for ten minutes, Collette creates a character fille with depth and issues that I can only hope to even have an essence of her talent as I get older. She made me laugh, cry, think, worry and for the most part look, at one of the most lovely short performances I have ever seen.

Ed Harris plays the secluded son of Julliane Moore, Richard Brown. Ed Harris has always been fabulous in his fine supporting performances that he is just equally as good in this film. Surely a film that he is proud to keep on his resume.

The technical aspects of the film are mind-blowingly subtle. The score is beautiful and the screenplay and costumes are divine. It is not just an acting spectacle but a visual spectacle.

10/10