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Oscar and Lucinda

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1997 | 132 min | Drama, Romance

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With a box office loss and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for romantics. If you loved Great Expectations or A Room with a View, start here.
The mood
Warm and romantic.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 12 min.
What might put you off
Rated R: expect drug use.

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsSolid

    66% on Rotten Tomatoes, 66 on Metacritic

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsSolid

    Nominated for 1 Oscar.

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $5 million worldwide on a $16 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 27K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Gillian Armstrong

  • Ralph FiennesOscar Hopkins
  • Cate BlanchettLucinda Leplastrier
  • Ciarán HindsReverend Dennis Hasset
  • Tom WilkinsonHugh Stratton
  • Richard RoxburghMr. Jeffries
  • Christian ManonMr. Tomasetti
  • Clive RussellTheophilus
  • Barnaby KayWardley-Fish
  • Linda BassettBetty Stratton
  • Geoffrey RushNarrator (voice)