Elegy Movie Reviews
Avg. Critics Rating
Verdict: Timepass based on 4 reviews
Avg. User Rating
3.0
Verdict: Cool based on 31 reviews & ratings
3.5
Nikhat Kazmi | Times of India
Falling in love may be the easiest thing in life. But what comes after -- commitment, fidelity, compromise -- isn't that easy at all. Based on Philip Roth's novel, The Dying Animal, Elegy is a moving lamentRead full review
3.0
Rashid Irani | Hindustan Times
Quite clearly, this adult drama based on Philip Roth’s 2001 novella The Dying Animal conveys the author’s ruminations on love, desire and mortality. In a sombre voice-over narration, a 60-something professorRead full review
2.0
Rajeev Masand | ibnlive.com
Worth watching purely for the performances of its leads, Elegy stars Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh, a 60ish suave college professor who preys on his female students, but only after they've graduatedRead full review
2.0
Johnson Thomas | DNA India
A film based on Philip Roth's novella The Dying Animal, Isobel Coixet directs Nicholas Meyer's screenplay about an affair between an aging professor and his young student. Roth's books are all about sex and deathRead full review
