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The previous reviewers expressed confusion over the plot. If you've never read the books on which the film was based, you'd definitely be confused. I've read both and, still, there were parts that were confusing--like the part the previous reviewer mentioned concerning what Zinaida was doing with the steaming pot when he saw her and his father through the window. Very odd! This was NOT in either of the books!
Despite the confusion, the movie was okay enough. Certainly not the best movie ever made, and they DID abandon the "peasant" plot midway through, which, was indeed bizzare as well. I saw the movie on TV for free. Probably wouldn't buy it.
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I really didn't understand this movie. It was so disconnected and just........strange! I found myself in a state of total disgust after viewing it and I'm wondering what Kirsten Dunst was thinking when she took on the role. And also- what did Zinaida die of?? And what happened when Nick Stahl was in the tree and saw her through the window? Zinaida was doing something with her dress... And what in the he[ck] happened to the serfs????? They just dissapeared! Maybe I just wasn't watching closely enough, so if anyone could explain these things to me, that'd be great. Anyways, to the person reading this who's actually thinking about buying the movie, let this be a warning. Please, don't waste your money on this piece of .... It's horrible.
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I thought this movie was really pretty dern good! It was more of a "pretty movie" than a "good story movie". I only saw this last 50 minutes of it on TV, but the costumes were incredible, the lighting and scenery superb and exsquisite, but the music was the best. I thought the movie was tragic and romantic, but they could have left out the second story- the one with the adulterous peasant woman. This story was jumbled in together with the main story and it had no ties to the plot whatsoever. Besides that and the disgusting tidbit about the narrator's father ending up with the princess were just about the only bad things int the story.Other than that, I would recommend this movie if you are feeling bored and need to be entertained.
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I learned a valuable lesson this weekend: a good actor is not enough to save a bad movie. Following the success of Bring It On, there are a couple new releases featuring the formerly pint-sized vixin vampire. I suggest you avoid this one. Lover's Prayer is an adaptation of two Russian stories, "First Love," by Ivan Turgenev, and "The Peasant Woman," by Anton Chekhov. I am utterly confused as to why these two stories were thrown together. The story of the peasant woman is abandoned mid-way through the film, and it did not add anything to the plot or purpose of the film. The main story involves the twisted relationship between Vladimir (Nick Stahl) and Zinaida (Dunst). Zinaida moves into the house next door and proceeds to get all of the much older men in town to fall at her feet. She repeatedly bemoans the boyishness of Vladimir, despite the fact that she appears to be the exact same age. In general, Dunst is just too young for this role. All the older men fawning over her is borderline disgusting because they seem like pedophiles. Throughout the film you have no idea as to what motivates Zinaida. When you finally learn the identity of her lover, you are left with a distinct feeling of, "What? What's going on? How did this happen?" There is no explanation as to why she chose the lover she did, the viewer is just supposed to accept spoon-fed plot developments that have no link to the characters and no broad implications to the story. If there is supposed to be an insight into the plight of Russian women, this film fails miserably. The film would have been powerful if the viewer were given an insight into the inner sufferings of Zinaida. There was potential to show the relationship between Zinaida and her mother, the pressures of social status, and the seduction of a young woman. All of this potential is wasted on a disjointed, pointless, jumble of costumed gobbledy-gook. Avoid at all cost!
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