Erste Kritiken aus den Medien trudeln ein - das Ding wird polarisieren, so viel dürfte die gesichterte Erkenntnis sein. Ich stelle hier keine Links ein, weil es in der Masse sicherlich unüberschaubar werden wird, allerdings behalte ich mir vor, Auszüge aus den Reviews MM betreffend zu zitieren.
Derzeit kann man bei Digital Spy, Indie Wire und Mirror fündig werden, u.a. hatten sie diese Passagen:
Zitat:
The film is blessed with a terrific cast. Jude Law is impressive as Anna’s proud husband Karenin; Aaron Taylor-Johnson (all blond hair and twirling moustache) is suitably dashing as Vronsky, Matthew Macfadyen is a comedy delight as plump but philandering Oblonsky and Kelly Macdonald sweetly dowdy as his loving but frustrated wife.
With its beautiful cinematography and costumes, bold choreography and perfectly judged performances, it’s a real success.
Bizarrely, there's a chirpy start to this famously tragic tale as brother Stiva (Matthew Macfadyen) anticipates Anna's arrival on a visit to Moscow from St Petersburg, a sequence that's so heavily choreographed you'll expect him to skip forth and burst into song. And yet, there is disharmony in the house thanks to his constant cheating on wife Dolly (Kelly Macdonald).
Matthew Macfadyen is enjoyably broad, a world away from his Mr. Darcy, as Oblonsky, threatening, but never quite managing to, tip into caricature, and his approach pays off beautifully with a single heartbreaking shot near the end.