Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
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Sophie's Choice was released in 1982 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 623 reviews, giving Sophie's Choice (1982) an average rating of 75%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Sophie's Choice than critics were.
With a score of 75%, Sophie's Choice is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1982, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1982 with similar scores include films like Pink Floyd: The Wall, The Last Unicorn and To Return.
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