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The Passion of Ayn Rand (film)

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'The Passion of Ayn Rand' is a 1999 television film directed by Christopher Menaul. It is based on the book of the same name by Barbara Branden (one of Rand's former associates and Nathaniel Branden's first wife). The screenplay is written by Howard Korder and Mary Gallagher.

The film stars Helen Mirren as philosopher and novelist Ayn Rand, who engages in an affair with Nathaniel Branden, played by Eric Stoltz, a psychologist who is 25 years younger than she is. Branden built up an institute to spread Rand's ideas, but the two eventually had a falling-out. The film also stars Julie Delpy as Branden's wife Barbara and Peter Fonda as Rand's husband Frank O'Connor.

'The Passion of Ayn Rand' received moderately positive reviews from critics.

Cast



* Helen Mirren as Ayn Rand

* Eric Stoltz as Nathaniel Branden

* Julie Delpy as Barbara Branden

* Peter Fonda as Frank O'Connor

* Tom McCamus as Richard

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Critical reception

Based on reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an overall approval rating from critics of 80%, with an average score of 6.8/10. Writing in 'Variety', David Kronke called the film "an ambitious, visually sumptuous attempt to depict a bizarre element of a controversial personality's life". Kronke went on to say, "Unfortunately, its insistence on maintaining a detached point of view towards its characters or, rather, no point of view at all, as the filmmakers seem reticent to offend either Rand fans or detractors renders it dramatically inert."

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