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One night in early 20th-century New York, master thief Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) breaks into a Central Park mansion -- and quickly has his heart stolen by its occupant, Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay). Unfortunately, their love is star-crossed; she is dying from consumption, and he is marked for death by his demonic former mentor, Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe). Peter battles the forces of time and darkness to save Beverly, even as Pearly does everything in his power to defeat Peter.

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Winter's Tale tries to retain the grandiose sweep of its source novel, but fails to fill it in with characters worth rooting for or a sensible plot.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

A fine book fights gallantly to escape from its straitjacket, but eventually lies down and allows itself to be trampled underfoot by bad ideas.

Rated: 2/5

Feb 28, 2014

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

Findlay narrates in huge chunks of religiose voice-over. "Nothing has been without purpose - nothing," she concludes. Well, perhaps not nothing.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 23, 2014

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

The introductory voice-over... generously still gives you time to dash back to the foyer and demand your money back to watch something less stomach-churning - like escalators going up and down.

Rated: 1/5

Feb 21, 2014

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Therese Lacson

Nerdophiles

[Unfortunately,] Winter's Tale falls very flat, and unless you are watching it for the actors, don't pay money for this movie.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 9, 2021

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Nathalia Aryani

The MovieMaven

The film would have been much better off sticking with an eternal love story or having the protagonist fulfill his future destiny that is connected to his past. Winter's Talefeels distant and disconnected. It should have been magical.

May 30, 2021

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Richard Crouse

A frustrating movie. It overly complicates a boy-from-the-wrong- side-of-the-tracks-meets-rich-girl story with a bunch of hocus pocus that wastes some good work from Farrell, Findlay and Russell Crowe.

Rated: 1.5/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Kent M I loved it. If you love romance and fantasy, ignore the cynicism of the critics. It's just a beautiful story about the power of hope and true love and the triumph of good over evil. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/09/24 Full Review Kathryn V A really good fairy tale like movie. I'm going to watch it again. Dont understand the low scores. Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/02/24 Full Review Luigi T A sweet little movie. Suspend the cynical and critical and just enjoy an old-fashioned magical love story. The villain is pure evil and the hero is, well, Colin Farrell is truly at his 'hunkiest.' With popcorn on a cold fall night my family loved it. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/04/24 Full Review Audience Member Colin Farrell looks like he’s struggling to stay sober throughout the boring dialogue Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review Horror fan 4 A underrated movie filled with great characters. I loved this Romantic Fantasy. The ending made me 😭. Tim Treakle Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/29/24 Full Review Alec B It's the kind of of Hallmark Channel TV Movie schmaltzy sap we haven't seen on the big screen since the 90s and I can understand why. It is wall to wall clichés, and it would be funny if we weren't supposed to take this goofy story seriously. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 11/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Akiva Goldsman Director Colin Farrell Peter Lake Jessica Brown Findlay Beverly Penn Russell Crowe Pearly Soames Jennifer Connelly Virginia Gamely William Hurt Isaac Penn

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Colin Farrell as Peter Lake in "Winter's Tale."

Jessica Brown Findlay as Beverly Penn and Colin Farrell as Peter Lake in "Winter's Tale."

Russell Crowe (center) as Pearly Soames in "Winter's Tale."

Mckayla Twiggs as Willa and Colin Farrell as Peter Lake in "Winter's Tale."

Jessica Brown Findlay as Beverly Penn in "Winter's Tale."

Russell Crowe as Pearly Soames in "Winter's Tale."

Mckayla Twiggs as Willa and Jessica Brown Findlay as Beverly Penn in "Winter's Tale."

Colin Farrell as Peter Lake in "Winter's Tale."

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Synopsis One night in early 20th-century New York, master thief Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) breaks into a Central Park mansion -- and quickly has his heart stolen by its occupant, Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay). Unfortunately, their love is star-crossed; she is dying from consumption, and he is marked for death by his demonic former mentor, Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe). Peter battles the forces of time and darkness to save Beverly, even as Pearly does everything in his power to defeat Peter.

Director: Akiva Goldsman
Producer: Akiva Goldsman, Marc Platt, Michael Tadross, Tony Allard
Screenwriter: Akiva Goldsman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Weed Road Pictures, Marc Platt Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Some Sensuality)
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 14, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 11, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.6M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital