Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Whitech It is not only a funny movie, but it allows a great amount of joy for anyone who watches it.

Nicole I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Wyatt There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Desertman84 The End of the Affair is based on the novel by Graham Greene.This film stars Ralph Fiennes as Maurice Bendrix, a novelist who had an affair with Sarah Miles,portrayed by Julianne Moore,during World War II.Sarah happens to be the wife of his best friend Henry,played by Stephen Rea.It was directed by Neil Jordan.Maurice Bendrix is the narrator in the film.On a rainy London night in 1946, Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles,husband of his former mistress Sarah. She abruptly broke off the romance in 1944, but two years later, after Maurice runs into Henry, he becomes obsessed with the affair and hires a man to investigate Sarah. He reads her diary of their forbidden romance in the midst of the London Blitz and discovers that, overwhelmed with fear and guilt, she pledged to God that she would end the affair if Maurice's life were spared. Maurice is determined to reintroduce himself into Sarah's life, but she fears that being near him would be too great a temptation.This film is an effective love story that's intensely old-fashioned.But nevertheless,it remains watchable as it is a thought-provoking film that was built around a theme many will find difficult to accept that miracles can happen to perfectly ordinary and non-religious people.Also,it greatly depicts the way a lapsed Catholic is surprised by grace and a defiant unbeliever is convinced to believe in God.Aside from that,the movie is filled with great performances from Fiennes and Moore.The only thing about this film is that it puts too much emphasis on lust having many explicit sex scenes instead on the inner conflict by the characters.

SoniaRumzi If you like love affairs, possibilities and sacrifice, you will find this amazing movie a charmer. You cannot go wrong with Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore on the screen. It palpates with sexuality and beauty.No matter what your moral stances on the subject, this is possible reality in times of war. Just a wonderful story. Amazing acting and performances.For the women, Moore's wardrobe is gorgeous. If you love 40s clothing, you will adore hers. Every time she appeared on the screen I was moved by her face and simplicity. Fiennes spent most of the movie, angry and brooding. He is so believable all the time. He never lets his guard down. He is gorgeous. The direction was special and so moving. Wonderful movie.

writers_reign Although I did see the original version of this Graham Greene novel on television it was several years ago and nothing has remained with me, possibly because of my aversion to both leads, Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr. Whilst I do admire Julianne Moore - never more so than in Vanya on 42nd Street - I can take or leave Fiennes and consider Neil Jordan little more than a journeyman with a Ken Loach type anti-English chip on his shoulder. So, one out of three going in. Despite the graphic sex scenes I detected no chemistry whatsoever between Fiennes and Moore, not an ideal situation when passion is presented as the driving force. Nor was there any serious attempt to replicate the mid-forties, for all the authenticity they may as well have updated it half a century and substitute an RTA for the German bomb. James Bolam provided an entertaining cameo but then disappeared. All in all not much to write home about.

bkoganbing The End of the Affair is one of those old fashioned romantic type British films along the lines of Brief Encounter. Julianne Moore got an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, but no one in that year was going to beat out Hillary Swank.Ralph Fiennes has a chance meeting with Julianne Moore and her husband Stephen Rea and the passion gets going almost immediately. The apparently indifferent Rea almost makes the affair too easy for both Fiennes and Moore. Eventually though she breaks it off abruptly with Fiennes and he's obsessed to find out why.He hires a private detective played by Ian Hart and his report leads to some surprising developments for all concerned.The film is based on a Graham Greene novel though you can bet that the very Catholic Mr. Greene would not have approved of what Fiennes tells to a Catholic priest played by Jason Isaacs.Actually I liked the rather droll performance of Ian Hart as the detective who winds up working for two of three sides of the triangle and has no scruples about getting his 10 year old son involved to achieve results. Hart did very good work also in Backbeat, playing a young John Lennon.This is a remake of a 1955 film that starred Van Johnson and Deborah Kerr though you can bet it was not as graphic as this version is.For those who love old fashioned romances, you'll like The End of the Affair.