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Name: Hilary and Jackie
Released: 1998-12-30
Cast: Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance

Hilary and Jackie

R
2h 0m
1998

88%

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The incredible true story of two sisters joined by music and torn apart by love for the same man. Hilary (Rachel Griffiths, Academy Award® nominee for Best Supporting Actress) and Jacqueline du Pre (Emily Watson, nominee for Best Actress) grow up as musical prodigies in England in the 1950s. While Hilary chooses to start a family, Jackie quickly rises to international fame and fortune. She dazzles audiences with unbridled passion for her music and soon marries renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim. Although they are treated as musical royalty, the constant touring becomes a strain in Jackie. She longs for the simpler life that Hilary built and more. On an unannounced visit, a lonely and depressed Jackie reveals the unthinkable: that she also longs for her sister's husband.

Director:

Anand Tucker

Producer:

Andy Paterson

Writer:

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Cast:

Emily Watson, Rachel Griffiths, James Frain, David Morrissey, Charles Dance, Celia Imrie, Rupert Penry-Jones, Bill Paterson, Auriol Evans, Keeley Flanders

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

88%

Critics Consensus: Brilliant performances, lush cinematography, and complex storytelling deserve audience's attention.

Reviews

Times (UK)

Joe Clay

Based on the tell-all memoir by du Pré’s sister Hilary, played here by Rachel Griffiths, the director Anand Tucker’s beautifully composed drama explores the tensions of creative genius spiced by terrible illness, sibling rivalry and adultery.

It is a nice little film that resembles 1996’s “Shine” in many ways and in some ways outdoes it, but overall lacks a little sentiment that is desperately needed at times.

Told from both women's points of view, this fascinating, if sometimes overwrought, tale packs a wallop. Watson's bravura performance shows us the agony, the ecstasy and the ruthlessness of genius.

Variety

David Stratton

Eye-grabbing performances from Emily Watson and Rachel Griffiths, who portray celebrated British cellist Jacqueline Du Pre and her older sister, Hilary, distinguish this ambitious but flawed biography, the debut feature from Anand Tucker.

June 21, 2017