Film Review – Anna Karenina

Over the course of his last four features, director Joe Wright has
developed a cinematic style that’s been irresistible to study, creating
seemingly infinite screen pleasures in efforts such as “Pride &
Prejudice,” “Atonement,” “The Soloist,” and “Hanna.” Masterminding a
unique creative challenge with Leo Tolstoy’s celebrated novel, “Anna
Karenina,” Wright imagines another lush world of stunning
cinematography, lavish costuming, and impossibly beautiful production
design. However, it remains “Anna Karenina,” a tale of jealousy and
tragedy that, pointed in wrong direction, generates immense discomfort
with unpleasant characters and their superficial concerns. Wright brings
out the big guns to press his fingerprint on a classic story, but the
material is too leaden to move as spryly as a helmer intends. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com