ThiefHott Too much of everything

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Claudio Carvalho "Hilary and Jackie" is a film technically beautiful, with magnificent cinematography and music score and top-notch performances, highlighting the lead actresses Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths. However the screenplay telling the personal life of Jacqueline du Pré from the perpectives of each sister does not work well. Jacqueline du Pré is depicted as a selfish and spoiled woman and it is impossible to the viewer to care to the character shown in the film. Consequently the film has no feelings despite the performance of Emily Watson and looks like a tragic soap-opera. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): "Hilary and Jackie"

jlthornb51 Emily Watson is nothing less than astonishing in this film and what she does is nothing less than the performance of a lifetime. Nominated for an Academy Award (and outrageously not awarded it), Watson IS the character of Hillary Dupree and no one in the audience can deny that fact as she disappears completely into the soul of the cellist. In fact, she mastered the cello totally to play this role and throws herself into the passion of playing with a fire and realism unsurpassed in the history of cinema. While the story is interesting and quite moving, it is Miss Emily Watson who shines like a Supernova here and captures the hearts of audience members. She creates a complex character of flesh and blood and passion that lights up the screen every time the camera focuses on her lovely image. A performance of incredible power that is cinematically historic and artistically magnificent. This is true talent that goes far beyond that to which simple words can ever do justice.

zpear This film features solid acting with one exception. The actress portraying Jacqueline du Pre is embarrassingly incompetent at imitating cello playing.The story line provides a voyeuristic look into the personal lives of Hillary, Jackie, and their spouses. The film's director claimed not to be too interested in sticking to the facts in this biopic dealing with the lives of many people who are still alive. The late Jaqueline du Pre's husband, Daniel Barenboim, refused to assist with the film and refused to allow any of his late wife's recordings to be used on the soundtrack. So one is left thinking one is hearing du Pre play on the sound track until the closing credits. A cheap deception.A movie supposedly about a great artist that only insults her memory and insults many people still alive.

Brent Trafton The problem with Hilary and Jackie is that it is based on a book by someone who is insanely jealous of her sister.If you want to see the real Jacqueline Du Pre, see the video Remembering Jacqueline Du Pre. Not only does it show her playing the Elgar Cello Concerto, it has her playing the Trout quintet with people who loved her: Daniel Barenboim (Du Pre's husband), Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and Zubin Mehta.These people have all denounced this film as a pack of lies and they should know since they were the ones close to Jacqueline during the time in question, not her sister. There is nothing in this film that helps to appreciate the artistry and talent of Jacqueline Du Pre. The film makers gloss over the tragedy of her succumbing to MS and concentrate on sordid episodes that are probably distorted, if not completely false. The production quality is what you would expect from a made for TV film, although Emily Watson shows considerable talent.I rarely give out the lowest rating possible, but this one gets a 1/10 for being despicably repulsive and attempting to discredit one of the great artists of our lifetime. Instead of watching this film, go out and buy a copy of Jacqueline Du Pre's recording of the Elgar Cello concerto. It is one of the greatest recordings of all time!