Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called the film 'intelligent, moving and beautifully acted.' Lewis's romance with American poet Joy Gresham.' The site's critics consensus reads, 'Thanks to brilliant performances from Debra Winger and especially Anthony Hopkins, Shadowlands is a deeply moving portrait of British scholar C.S. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 97% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 8.02/10. Shadowlands received positive reviews from critics. Edward Hardwicke as Warren 'Warnie' Lewis.Lewis' beliefs are tested as his wife tries to prepare him for her death. When Joy is diagnosed with cancer, deeper feelings surface and the two of them marry. Each provides the other with new ways of viewing the world.

Lewis finds his quiet life with his brother Warnie disrupted by the outspoken Gresham, whose uninhibited behaviour sharply contrasts with the rigid sensibilities of the male-dominated university. What begins as a formal meeting of two very different minds slowly develops into a feeling of connection and love. He meets the married American poet Joy Davidman Gresham and her young son Douglas on their visit to England, not yet knowing the circumstances of Gresham's troubled marriage. Lewis is an Oxford University academic at Magdalen College and author of The Chronicles of Narnia series of children's books. In the 1950s, the reserved, middle-aged bachelor C. The film marked the last film appearance of English actor Michael Denison. The film won the 1993 BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film. Sibley later wrote the book, Shadowlands: The True Story of C. The 1985 script began life as I Call It Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone. It was directed by Richard Attenborough with a screenplay by William Nicholson based on his 1985 television film and 1989 stage play of the same name. Lewis (played by Anthony Hopkins) and Jewish American poet Joy Davidman (played by Debra Winger), her death from cancer, and how this challenged his Christianity. Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between academic C.

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