Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina (2012)

An epic story of love.

Release:2012
Runtime:2h 9m
Country:United Kingdom
Director:Joe Wright
Language:English

Genre

DramaHistoryRomance
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Keywords

AdulteryBased On Novel Or BookHorse RaceSt Petersburg RussiadeathHigh SocietyImperial Russia19th Century

Anna Karenina rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.6/10· 111K votes
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic63%
TMDb6.706/10· 2K votes

With 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.6/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Anna Karenina

In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

Cast of Anna Karenina

  • Keira Knightley

    Keira Knightley

    as Anna Karenina

  • Jude Law

    Jude Law

    as Karenin

  • Aaron Taylor-Johnson

    Aaron Taylor-Johnson

    as Vronsky

  • Matthew Macfadyen

    Matthew Macfadyen

    as Oblonsky

  • Eric MacLennan

    Eric MacLennan

    as Matvey

  • Kelly Macdonald

    Kelly Macdonald

    as Dolly

  • Alicia Vikander

    Alicia Vikander

    as Kitty

  • Domhnall Gleeson

    Domhnall Gleeson

    as Levin

  • Olivia Williams

    Olivia Williams

    as Countess Vronsky

  • Ruth Wilson

    Ruth Wilson

    as Princess Betsy Tverskoy

  • Emily Watson

    Emily Watson

    as Countess Lydia Ivanova

  • Michelle Dockery

    Michelle Dockery

    as Princess Myagkaya

Anna Karenina facts

Budget
$40.6M
Box office
$68.9M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

  • Period drama captures complex romantic entanglement with emotional intensity
  • Wright crafts visually stunning adaptation honoring literary source material
  • Costume and production design create immersive nineteenth-century Russian atmosphere

What the audience disliked

  • Dense source material adaptation struggles with narrative clarity in places
  • Extended runtime elongates melodramatic elements beyond necessary pacing

Trailer

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