Movie Reviews By Diana
Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina' a Pleasant Surprise
Director Joe Wright takes a classic novel by Tolstoy and enchants it to fill the needs of today's audience.
I was an Anna Karenina virgin. I walked into the theater knowing two things: One, the film was based on a classic novel by Leo Tolstoy. And two, the book was over 800 pages long and took place in 19th century Russia. I dreaded the film, I dreaded my decision to write a review on it, and I thought I was about to watch something straight out of PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre. I was mistaken on all accounts. For other Karenina virgins like myself, the main story revolves around a young, aristocratic woman named Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley) who falls in love and begins an affair with the eligible Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). Once pregnant with his child, she comes clean to her husband (Jude Law) and leaves with Vronsky, though …
