![]() ![]() I particularly enjoyed the by-play of dry wit between the professors and Winger's various comments to her husband. It's a touching story, period, and if it doesn't get your eyes moistened at least once, check your pulse. When father and son cry together at the end, it is one of the most touching scenes I've ever viewed on film. Joseph Mazzello, one of the top child actors of the early '90s, is the Lewis' young boy. Not to be forgotten is the fine job Edward Hardwicke did as "Warnie," Lewis' brother. ![]() I would have chosen someone else for the role, but Winger gets by. Hopkins exudes warmth in the role of Lewis and Winger is okay, New York City accent and all, as the American. Being a Brit, the film takes place in England and features some wonderful landscapes of that great country. But this film - no surprise - doesn't really deal with that: it's mainly a love story, the love he had toward his American wife, played by Debra Winger. To Christians, Lewis has always been a familiar name: one of the greatest and most well-known Christian apologists theologians ("Merre Christianity," "The Screwtape Letters,"etc.) and fiction (the Narnia series) writers of all time. Lewis is making a bit of a comeback with the "Chronicles Of Narnia" movie of late, but here's a film portrait of him made in 1993 starring the great British actor Anthony Hopkins.
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