The End of the Affair (1999)
This review from the archives was first published in 1999.
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2025 Update: This review from the archives was first published in 1999 at my very first film review site, which was called Green Lake Reflections, and was sponsored by a local church. I would soon make it an independent site called Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet.
The End of the Affair takes us back to London in wartime. There, we're told a story in which the echoes of air raid bombings leave scars on history and hearts.
At first, it might sound like the tale of a simple love triangle: The wealthy and beautiful Sarah Miles (Julianne Moore) betrays her boring husband Henry (Stephen Rea) and begins a passionate affair with an obnoxious novelist named Maurice Bendrix (Ralph Fiennes). But then, a most unlikely fourth party becomes involved... none other than the Almighty himself.