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No. 66: Sophie’s Choice

No choice

by
Liel Leibovitz
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.