No. 66: Sophie’s Choice
No choice
December 06, 2011
1982, dir. Alan J. Pakula. Only Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline could save this high-strung adaptation of a plaintive William Styron novel from too-muchness. Luckily, this 1982 costume drama starred Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.
Liel Leibovitz is editor-at-large for Tablet Magazine and a host of its weekly culture podcast Unorthodox and daily Talmud podcast Take One. He is the editor of Zionism: The Tablet Guide.