Editing Truly, Madly, Deeply (film) (section)

==Reception==
The film was critically successful, winning several awards including a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for best original screenplay. (Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson received Best Actor and Best Actress, and Anthony Minghella Most Promising Newcomer, from the 1991 [[Evening Standard British Film Awards]].<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/evening-standard-british-film-awards-19902001-7222966.html "Evening Standard British Film Awards 1990-2001"], ''[[London Evening Standard]]'', 10 January 2003.</ref>) It became a hit in the American arthouse circuit and Minghella subsequently was offered work by every major studio in Hollywood.<ref name=mees/> The film's combination of serious themes with comic scenes, music and strong performances from the actors was noted by critics. [[Roger Ebert]] called it "a ''[[Ghost (1990 film)|Ghost]]'' for grownups" (a common comparison because of the shared theme of lovers returning as ghosts and the concurrent releases of the films) and considered the film to reveal "some truths that are, the more you think about them, really pretty profound".<ref>Roger Ebert, [https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/truly-madly-deeply-1991 Truly, Madly, Deeply], 24 May 1991</ref>

Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports a 76% approval rating based on 37 reviews, with an average rating of 6.8/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Largely thanks to charming performances from Alan Rickman and Juliet Stevenson, ''Truly Madly Deeply'' is an afterlife romance with infectious spirit."<ref>[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/truly_madly_deeply Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)] at Rotten Tomatoes.</ref> At [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted mean score of 72 out of 100 based on 16 reviews.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/movie/truly-madly-deeply/critic-reviews Truly Madly Deeply] at Metacritic.</ref>