The Hours
“The time to hide is over. The time to regret is gone. The time to live is now.”
Stephen DaldryCast
Nicole Kidman 
Julianne Moore 
Meryl Streep
Credits
Written by: Michael Cunningham
Plot
Three women in different eras, Virginia Woolf in 1923, a housewife in 1951 and a New Yorker in 2001, are linked by the novel Mrs Dalloway.
Sinekatalog’s take
Stephen Daldry's three-era drama is sombre, elegant and carried by remarkable performances. Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep are all excellent, and Philip Glass's score gives it flow.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.5 / 10 (148,269 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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