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It's 1874 Imperial Russia. Aristocratic Anna Karenina (Keira Knightley) has a cold marriage to Count Alexei Karenin (Jude Law). They have a son. She falls for dashing cavalry officer Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson).This is the latest interpretation of the classic novel. There is no doubt that this is a good looking film visually but the actors don't have enough chemistry. All the acting is stiff and mannered. I can't find the required heat between Keira Knightley and Aaron Taylor-Johnson. It's tiresome.

Do not waste your time on this. The Tolstoy classic has been raped, savaged, and torn asunder by the producers and writers of this rubbish which comes across as a kind of costume Russian soap opera. Keira Knightley was so obviously miscast. Her extremely bony frame and face always remind me of concentration camp survivors, terrible. I suppose she did the best she could, but it was painful to watch her trying to make something out of this lamentable part in which she did NOT fit. The costumes were marvellous and some scenery was beautiful, but the movie was a terrible DUD. Count Vronsky was played as a kind of caricature, awful. Jude Law virtually unrecognisable, strove decently in his role. Overall, this was a MONUMENTAL FAILURE. Miss it. 2/10.

I wanted to see Tolstoy but instead I thought I saw Mel Brooks. This movie could be renamed Springtime For Anna. Except it wasn't funny. A great cast poorly used in a pretentious adaptation. Jude Law did well with the material given. Keira Knightley, always a pleasure to look at, was miscast in this one. Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Vronsky reminded me of Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein. The switch from stage play scenario to movie scenario only confused the plot. Thank God Tolstoy is not alive to seek legal recourse. I wonder how IMDb could give this film a 7.0. Some nice visuals all that can be said in its defense.