Product: Nora [VHS] (2000)
Rating: 5.0
Nora stands on its own
Believe the title of the film, this movie is about Nora, her motivations and her love for Joyce, despite his sometimes baffling and erratic behavior. Ewan McGregor is excellent as always, delivering an understated performance and giving his co-star the chance to shine. Not that she exactly needs it, Susan Lynch, as Nora, is electrifying. From the moment the two meet on a city street, we can see the two characters drawn to each other, at times, quite against their will.Joyce's jealousy and obsessiveness is the underlying theme to this film. It brings them together as much as it pushes them apart as he imagines Nora either cheating on him, or her previous sexual life with her first love. But, throughout it all, despite his wild imaginings, the love the two feel for each other is palpable.This is a couple who, married or not, was one of the greatest love triumphs of literary history.Nora can be watched just as a love story, but may, hopefully, fuel the desire to read Joyce's works. To see for oneself the fruits of his devotion toward Nora, his muse and wife.