In Love and War

This disastrous 1996 film by Sir Richard Attenborough was meant to be part of his informal series of movies about great men, including Gandhi, Chaplin, Cry Freedom (the Steven Biko story), and Shadowlands (C.S. Lewis). In Love and War is a recounting of young Ernest Hemingway's World War I love affair with Red Cross nurse Agnes von Kurowsky, who was eight years older than he and who became the basis for the Catherine Barkley character in A Farewell to Arms. O'Donnell is terrible, in a word, and Bullock mostly seems out of sorts when playing someone real. Except for the scene in which Hemingway is introduced, fearlessly making his way to a trench under heavy bombardment, you have no idea that this person O'Donnell "portrays" will eventually change the direction of American literature. For a much better experience, look toward Attenborough's previous works. --Tom Keogh

Movie Details

Cast: Mackenzie Astin, Chris O'Donnell, Sandra Bullock, Margot Steinberg, Alan Bennett, Ingrid Lacey, Terence Sach, Carlo Croccolo, Tara Hugo, Gigi Vivan, Giuseppe Bonato, Allegra Di Carpegna
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Running time: 113 min
DVD Aspect Ratios: 2.35:1

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DVD Features:

• Color
• Widescreen
• Closed-captioned
• Dolby

International rating:

Europe: 15
Australia: M

DVD International release dates:
North America: Feb 3, 04

VHS International release dates:
North America: Jan 13, 98