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The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

Released
March 12 2010
Directed By
Bernard Rose
Starring Danny Huston, Elisabeth Röhm, Matthew Yang King

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LA philanthropist Edgar Hudson (Danny Huston) meets and marries a beautiful pianist, Abby, played with evident pleasure by Elisabeth Röhm. Frustrated by family life, she grabs a chance to perform in a charity concert, whereupon Edgar becomes obsessed with the idea that she is having an affair with her musical partner. In this sort of moral tale, Edgar is never going to be particularly likeable – he acknowledges immediately that he’s vain – and while Huston has a burgeoning career as the sort of character actor Hollywood currently trades in (see his performance as Colonel Stryker in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and upcoming roles in Clash of the Titans and Robin Hood) he makes hard work of this, not least because of his insistent, pompous voiceover. Shocking as the ending is, it’s fudged, too.

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