This rather quaint script – about the dying days of writer Leo Tolstoy and his decision to cede the rights of his novels to the Russian people – is made watchable and really quite remarkable through two fabulous performances.First is the highly underrated Christopher Plummer, who plays Tolstoy and the loving husband to Helen Mirren. Never before have we seen Mirren so dramatic and feisty, fighting her husband’s every decision and cursing his admirers for wanting a piece of the writer. Mrs Tolstoy was certainly a force to be reckoned with, and who could blame her after being married to the same man for 48 years and fathering 13 kids!
It’s a beautiful look at a unique relationship and definitely worth watching if just for two Oscar-nominated shows of brilliance.
Rating: 4 outta 5
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