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| distributor = Miramax Films (through [[Buena Vista International]] in the United Kingdom and Ireland)<ref name=bbfc/>
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| runtime = 90 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 90:34--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/iris-2002-3 | title=''IRIS'' (15) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=13 December 2001 | access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref>
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| gross = $16.2 million<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=iris.htm | title=Iris (2001) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[IMDb]]| date=17 May 2002 | access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref>
| gross = $16.2 million<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=iris.htm | title=Iris (2001) | work=[[Box Office Mojo]] | publisher=[[IMDb]]| date=17 May 2002 | access-date=10 July 2015}}</ref>
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'''''Iris''''' is a 2001 [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] about novelist [[Iris Murdoch]] and her relationship with her husband [[John Bayley (writer)|John Bayley]]. Directed by [[Richard Eyre]] from a screenplay he co-wrote with [[Charles Wood (playwright)|Charles Wood]], the film is based on Bayley's 1999 memoir ''[[Elegy for Iris]]''.<ref name="Bayley">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jan/18/1| title=Iris|date=18 January 2002|author=Peter Bradshaw| website=The Guardian| access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> [[Judi Dench]] and [[Jim Broadbent]] portray Murdoch and Bayley during the later stages of their marriage, while [[Kate Winslet]] and [[Hugh Bonneville]] appear as the couple in their younger years. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch was an outgoing, dominant individual compared to the timid and scholarly Bayley, and their later life, when Murdoch was suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] and tended to by a frustrated Bayley in their [[North Oxford]] home in [[Charlbury Road]]. The beach scenes were filmed at [[Southwold]] in [[Suffolk]], one of Murdoch's favourite haunts.
'''''Iris''''' is a 2001 [[Biographical film|biographical]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] about novelist [[Iris Murdoch]] and her relationship with her husband [[John Bayley (writer)|John Bayley]]. Directed by [[Richard Eyre]] from a screenplay he co-wrote with [[Charles Wood (playwright)|Charles Wood]], the film is based on Bayley's 1999 memoir ''[[Elegy for Iris]]''.<ref name="Bayley">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jan/18/1| title=Iris|date=18 January 2002|author=Peter Bradshaw| website=The Guardian| access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> [[Judi Dench]] and [[Jim Broadbent]] portray Murdoch and Bayley during the later stages of their marriage, while [[Kate Winslet]] and [[Hugh Bonneville]] appear as the couple in their younger years. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch was an outgoing, dominant individual compared to the timid and scholarly Bayley, and their later life, when Murdoch was suffering from [[Alzheimer's disease]] and tended to by a frustrated Bayley in their North Oxford home in Charlbury Road. The beach scenes were filmed at [[Southwold]] in Suffolk, one of Murdoch's favourite haunts.


The film had its world premiere on 14 December 2001, and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2002, and the United States on 29 March 2002. It grossed $16.2 million on a $5.5 million budget and received positive reviews, with praise towards the performances. For his role as Bayley, Broadbent won [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[Academy Awards]]. The film also picked up nominations for Dench as [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] and Winslet for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]].
The film had its world premiere in [[Los Angeles]] on 14 December 2001, followed by a theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2002 and in the United States on 29 March. It grossed $16 million on a $5.5 million budget and received positive reviews, with praise towards the performances. For his role as Bayley, Broadbent won [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] at the [[74th Academy Awards]], with Dench ([[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]) and Winslet ([[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]) also receiving nominations.


==Plot==
==Plot==
When the young Iris Murdoch meets fellow student John Bayley at [[Somerville College, Oxford]], he is a naive virgin easily flummoxed by her libertine spirit, arch personality, and obvious artistic talent. Decades later, little has changed and the couple keeps house, with John doting on his more famous wife. When Iris begins experiencing forgetfulness and dementia, however, the devoted John struggles with hopelessness and frustration,<ref name="Bayley"/> and becomes her caretaker, as his wife's mind deteriorates from the ravages of [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/iris|title=Iris|website=TimeOut|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
When the young Iris Murdoch meets fellow student John Bayley at [[Somerville College, Oxford]], he is a naive virgin easily flummoxed by her libertine spirit, arch personality, and obvious artistic talent. Decades later, little has changed and the couple keep house, with John doting on his more famous wife. When Iris begins experiencing forgetfulness and dementia, however, the devoted John struggles with hopelessness and frustration,<ref name="Bayley"/> and becomes her carer, as his wife's mind deteriorates from the ravages of [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/iris|title=Iris|website=TimeOut|date=10 September 2012 |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[Iris Murdoch]]<ref name="Bayley"/>
* [[Judi Dench]] as [[Iris Murdoch]]<ref name="Bayley"/>
** [[Kate Winslet]] as young Iris<ref name="Bayley"/>
** [[Kate Winslet]] as young Iris<ref name="Bayley"/>
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* [[Siobhan Hayes]] as Checkout girl
* [[Siobhan Hayes]] as Checkout girl
* [[Kris Marshall]] as Dr Gudgeon
* [[Kris Marshall]] as Dr Gudgeon
}}


==Reception==
==Reception==
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''Iris'' received positive reviews from critics, with a 79% "fresh" rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] from a sample of 110 critics, and an average rating of 7.09/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A solidly constructed drama, ''Iris'' is greatly elevated by the strength of its four lead performances."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1111227_iris|title= Iris (2001)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> The movie received a Metacritic score of 76 based on 30 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/iris|title=Iris (2001)|website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
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Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 79% of 110 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A solidly constructed drama, ''Iris'' is greatly elevated by the strength of its four lead performances."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1111227_iris|title= Iris (2001)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/iris|title=Iris (2001)|website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
===Awards and nominations===

* '''[[Academy Awards]]'''
==Awards and nominations==
** Best Actress in a Leading Role: Judi Dench
{|class="wikitable"
** Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Jim Broadbent ('''won''')
|-
** Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet
! Award
{| class="infobox" style="width: 23em; font-size: 85%;"
! Category
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align=center
! Recipient
! colspan="2" | Academy Awards record
! Result
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[74th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars2002">{{cite news|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |title=The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |publisher=AMPAS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109213431/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2002 |archive-date=November 9, 2014 }}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| [[Judi Dench]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Jim Broadbent]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Kate Winslet]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Awards Circuit Community Awards
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role
| Kate Winslet
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[52nd Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref name="PRIZES">{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2002/03_preistr_ger_2002/03_Preistraeger_2002.html |title=PRIZES & HONOURS 2002|access-date=9 June 2014 |work=berlinale.de| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015120444/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2002/03_preistr_ger_2002/03_Preistraeger_2002.html| archive-date=15 October 2013 | url-status= live}}</ref>
| [[Golden Bear]]
| [[Richard Eyre]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| New Talent Award (Actor)
| [[Hugh Bonneville]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[55th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2002/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 2002 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=2002 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|2002}}}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film|Outstanding British Film]]
| [[Robert Fox (producer)|Robert Fox]], [[Scott Rudin]] and Richard Eyre
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| Judi Dench
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Hugh Bonneville
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| Kate Winslet
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
| Richard Eyre and [[Charles Wood (playwright)|Charles Wood]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Christopher Award]]s
| colspan="2"| Feature Film
| {{won}}
|-
| [[7th Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2001 |publisher=[[Critics Choice Association|Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |date=January 11, 2002 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130107093817/https://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2001.php |archive-date=January 7, 2013}}</ref>
| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[15th European Film Awards|European Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/archive/2002/winner |title=EFA Night 2002 |website=[[European Film Awards]] |access-date=June 25, 2022}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[European Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Hugh Bonneville
| {{nom}}
|-
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[European Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| Judi Dench
| {{nom}}
|-
| Kate Winslet
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards#2001 Winners|Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
| Best Actress
| Kate Winslet {{small|(Also for ''[[Enigma (2001 film)|Enigma]]'' and ''[[Quills (film)|Quills]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[59th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/iris |title=Iris – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|2002}}}}</ref>
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Judi Dench
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Jim Broadbent
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Kate Winslet
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Trailer Awards#2016|Golden Trailer Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Documentary Poster
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Humanitas Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.humanitasprize.org/prize-winners |title=Past Winners & Nominees |website=[[Humanitas Prize]] |access-date=June 11, 2022}}</ref>
| [[List of Humanitas Prize recipients|Feature Film Category]]
| Richard Eyre and Charles Wood
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |title=1997 Sierra Award Winners |date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=January 31, 2022}}</ref>
| Best Actress
| Judi Dench
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Kate Winslet
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2001|London Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year|British Actress of the Year]]
| Judi Dench
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[2001 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/2001.php |title=The Annual 27th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=24 August 2021}}</ref>
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jim Broadbent {{small|(Also for ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Kate Winslet
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Nastro d'Argento]]
| Best Song
| [[Moni Ovadia]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[National Board of Review Awards 2001|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/2001/ |title=2001 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Jim Broadbent {{small|(Also for ''[[Moulin Rouge!]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking
| {{won}}
|-
| [[2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=2001 |title=2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021}}</ref>
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| Jim Broadbent
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Online#2001|New York Film Critics Online Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyfco.net/awards-archive/ |title=NYFCO AWARDS 2001-2019 |website=[[New York Film Critics Online]] |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
| [[New York Film Critics Online Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="2"| Judi Dench
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Actress in a Leading Role
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Russian Guild of Film Critics|Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards]]
| Best Foreign Actress
| rowspan="2"| Judi Dench
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[6th Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |title=International Press Academy website – 2002 6th Annual SATELLITE Awards |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213081956/http://www.pressacademy.com/satawards/awards2002.shtml |archive-date=13 February 2008}}</ref>
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| '''1. Best Supporting Actor'''
| Kate Winslet
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align=center
| {{nom}}
! colspan="2" | BAFTA Awards record
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[8th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|access-date=May 21, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/8th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref>
| '''1. Best Actress in a Leading Role'''
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]]
|- bgcolor="#cccccc" align=center
| Judi Dench
! colspan="2" | Golden Globe Awards record
| {{nom}}
|-
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| '''1. Best Supporting Actor'''
| Jim Broadbent
| {{nom}}
|}
|}
* '''[[BAFTA Awards]]'''
** Best British Film
** Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jim Broadbent
** Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Judi Dench ('''won''')
** Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Hugh Bonneville
** Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Kate Winslet
** Best Screenplay - Adapted
* '''[[Broadcast Film Critics Association]]'''
** Best Supporting Actor - Jim Broadbent
* '''[[Golden Globe Awards]]'''
** Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Judi Dench
** Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture - Jim Broadbent ('''won''')
** Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture: Kate Winslet
*'''[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] '''
** Best Supporting Actor: Jim Broadbent (also for [[Moulin Rouge!]]) ('''won''')
** Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet ('''won''')
* '''[[Satellite Awards]]'''
** Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama: Judi Dench
** Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama: Jim Broadbent
** Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama: Kate Winslet
* '''[[Screen Actors Guild Awards]]'''
** Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: Judi Dench
** Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Jim Broadbent


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal|last=Kalpaklı |first=Fatma |title=Representation of Old Age and Pain in Iris |journal=Journal of Narrative and Language Studies |volume=5 |number=9 |date=December 2017 |issn=2148-4066 |pages= 65–72 |url= http://nalans.com/index.php/nalans/article/view/80}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0280778|Iris}}
* {{IMDb title|0280778}}
* {{mojo title|iris|Iris}}
* {{mojo title|iris|Iris}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|1111227-iris|Iris}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|1111227-iris|Iris}}
* {{metacritic film|iris|Iris}}
* {{Metacritic film|title=Iris}}
* [http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51719.asp ''Iris'' at Literary Fiction, BellaOnline]
* [http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art51719.asp ''Iris'' at Literary Fiction, BellaOnline]


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Latest revision as of 04:34, 28 September 2024

Iris
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Eyre
Screenplay by
Based onElegy for Iris
by John Bayley
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRoger Pratt
Edited byMartin Walsh
Music byJames Horner
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films (through Buena Vista International in the United Kingdom and Ireland)[1]
Release dates
  • 14 December 2001 (2001-12-14) (Los Angeles)
  • 18 January 2002 (2002-01-18) (United Kingdom)
  • 29 March 2002 (2002-03-29) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5.5 million
Box office$16.2 million[2]

Iris is a 2001 biographical drama film about novelist Iris Murdoch and her relationship with her husband John Bayley. Directed by Richard Eyre from a screenplay he co-wrote with Charles Wood, the film is based on Bayley's 1999 memoir Elegy for Iris.[3] Judi Dench and Jim Broadbent portray Murdoch and Bayley during the later stages of their marriage, while Kate Winslet and Hugh Bonneville appear as the couple in their younger years. The film contrasts the start of their relationship, when Murdoch was an outgoing, dominant individual compared to the timid and scholarly Bayley, and their later life, when Murdoch was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and tended to by a frustrated Bayley in their North Oxford home in Charlbury Road. The beach scenes were filmed at Southwold in Suffolk, one of Murdoch's favourite haunts.

The film had its world premiere in Los Angeles on 14 December 2001, followed by a theatrical release in the United Kingdom on 18 January 2002 and in the United States on 29 March. It grossed $16 million on a $5.5 million budget and received positive reviews, with praise towards the performances. For his role as Bayley, Broadbent won Best Supporting Actor at the 74th Academy Awards, with Dench (Best Actress) and Winslet (Best Supporting Actress) also receiving nominations.

Plot

[edit]

When the young Iris Murdoch meets fellow student John Bayley at Somerville College, Oxford, he is a naive virgin easily flummoxed by her libertine spirit, arch personality, and obvious artistic talent. Decades later, little has changed and the couple keep house, with John doting on his more famous wife. When Iris begins experiencing forgetfulness and dementia, however, the devoted John struggles with hopelessness and frustration,[3] and becomes her carer, as his wife's mind deteriorates from the ravages of Alzheimer's disease.[4]

Cast

[edit]

Reception

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The performances of Judi Dench and Kate Winslet garnered widespread critical acclaim, earning them Academy Award nominations for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively.

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 79% of 110 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 7.1/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A solidly constructed drama, Iris is greatly elevated by the strength of its four lead performances."[5] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 76 out of 100, based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]

Awards and nominations

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Award Category Recipient Result
Academy Awards[7] Best Actress Judi Dench Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent Won
Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet Nominated
Awards Circuit Community Awards Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jim Broadbent Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Winslet Nominated
Berlin International Film Festival[8] Golden Bear Richard Eyre Nominated
New Talent Award (Actor) Hugh Bonneville Won
British Academy Film Awards[9] Outstanding British Film Robert Fox, Scott Rudin and Richard Eyre Nominated
Best Actor in a Leading Role Jim Broadbent Nominated
Best Actress in a Leading Role Judi Dench Won
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Hugh Bonneville Nominated
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Kate Winslet Nominated
Best Adapted Screenplay Richard Eyre and Charles Wood Nominated
Christopher Awards Feature Film Won
Critics' Choice Awards[10] Best Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent Nominated
European Film Awards[11] Best Actor Hugh Bonneville Nominated
Jim Broadbent Nominated
Best Actress Judi Dench Nominated
Kate Winslet Won
Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Actress Kate Winslet (Also for Enigma and Quills) Won
Golden Globe Awards[12] Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Judi Dench Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Jim Broadbent Won
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Kate Winslet Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards Best Documentary Poster Nominated
Humanitas Prize[13] Feature Film Category Richard Eyre and Charles Wood Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards[14] Best Actress Judi Dench Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Awards British Actress of the Year Judi Dench Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards[15] Best Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent (Also for Moulin Rouge!) Won
Best Supporting Actress Kate Winslet Won
Nastro d'Argento Best Song Moni Ovadia Nominated
National Board of Review Awards[16] Best Supporting Actor Jim Broadbent (Also for Moulin Rouge!) Won
Special Recognition For Excellence In Filmmaking Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards[17] Best Actor Jim Broadbent Runner-up
New York Film Critics Online Awards[18] Best Actress Judi Dench Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jim Broadbent Nominated
Russian Guild of Film Critics Awards Best Foreign Actress Judi Dench Nominated
Satellite Awards[19] Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Nominated
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Jim Broadbent Nominated
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Kate Winslet Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards[20] Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role Judi Dench Nominated
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Jim Broadbent Nominated

References

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  1. ^ a b "Iris (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 13 December 2001. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Iris (2001)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. 17 May 2002. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Peter Bradshaw (18 January 2002). "Iris". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Iris". TimeOut. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Iris (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ^ "Iris (2001)". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "The 74th Academy Awards (2002) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  8. ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 2002". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  9. ^ "BAFTA Awards: Film in 2002". BAFTA. 2002. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  10. ^ "The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 2001". Broadcast Film Critics Association. 11 January 2002. Archived from the original on 7 January 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  11. ^ "EFA Night 2002". European Film Awards. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Iris – Golden Globes". HFPA. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Past Winners & Nominees". Humanitas Prize. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  14. ^ "1997 Sierra Award Winners". 13 December 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  15. ^ "The Annual 27th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards". Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  16. ^ "2001 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  17. ^ "2001 New York Film Critics Circle Awards". New York Film Critics Circle. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  18. ^ "NYFCO AWARDS 2001-2019". New York Film Critics Online. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  19. ^ "International Press Academy website – 2002 6th Annual SATELLITE Awards". Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
  20. ^ "The 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Archived from the original on 1 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2016.

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