Orlando
In 1600, nobleman Orlando inherits his parents' house, thanks to Queen Elizabeth I, who commands the young man to never change. The film follows him as he moves through several centuries of British history, experiencing a variety of lives and relationships along the way, and even changing sex.
15 November 1941, Helsby, Cheshire, England, UK
6 April 1933, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
21 March 1936, Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
5 July 1930, Derbyshire, England, UK
1955, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
25 December 1908, Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK
2 June 1951, Poplar, London, England, UK
12 August 1924, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
12 January 1961, Penang, Malaysia
24 February 1966, Chicago, Illinois, USA
11 March 1942, New York City, New York, USA
15 November 1959, Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK
18 August 1916, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
18 February 1931, Low Ham, Somerset, England, UK
21 April 1969, Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK
6 January 1940, Paisley, Scotland, UK
3 March 1957, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
5 November 1960, London, England, UK
22 June 1961, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
March 23, 2015
Credit where credit is due: Potter more or less successfully converted a crazy, overflowing tome into something simple and attractive.
March 23, 2015
What it lacks in coherence it makes up for in sheer spectacle.
March 23, 2015
See Orlando for its fabulous costumes, fascinating look at changing eras, and impressive performance by Tilda Swinton. Viewing this film for other reasons will almost certainly lead to a negative impression.
March 23, 2015
Sumptuous and witty book-to-screen treatment for Virginia Woolf's novel, with graceful and ambitious direction by Sally Potter.
March 23, 2015
Unlike anything onscreen this month or this year, Orlando is serious, provocative and sometimes funny fare. Novelist Virginia Woolf might well be pleased.
March 23, 2015
The good news about this historical vaudeville is that Orlando's consciousness, like his/her gender, is a delightful work-in-progress.
March 23, 2015
Though visually impressive and assured, it is the hollowest of successes, all chic set design, smug posturing and self-satisfied attitude.
March 23, 2015
Writer-director Sally Potter's film, based on the classic Virginia Woolf novel, is a lyrical history lesson on the nature of sexual politics.
March 20, 2015
What it perhaps lacks in content, the film more than makes up for in its stunning design and accesible, humorous approach.
March 23, 2015
Potter possesses a natural gracefulness in presentation that helps a little but, finally, not nearly enough. Orlando is vague when she means it to be mysterious, coy when it ought to be witty, familiar when it should be bold.
March 23, 2015
It wanders from the frozen London of the 1600s to the battlefields of World War I and has fun all the way. You haven't seen anything like it.
March 23, 2015
Reminiscent of the low-budget lushness of the early films of Peter Greenaway and Ken Russell, Orlando could turn out to be the art-house smash of the summer.
