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Genre :

Drama, Romance

Release Date :

June 26, 2009 (Limited)

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Stephen Frears

Starring :

Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones, Frances Tomelty, Anita Pallenberg, Harriet Walter, Iben Hjejle

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  3 of 5 [Rate It]

3 of 5

“..Worth seeing..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
2.5 of 4

“..slight but highly decorative..”
by Lou Lumenick [New York Post]
3 of 5

“..It tastes good and looks good, but doesn't quite satisfy and leaves you wanting more..”
by Blake French [Filmcritic.com]
3.5 of 4

“..as entertaining as the best-known Colette film adaptation, the 1958 musical "Gigi."..”
by Steve Ramos [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2.5 of 4

“..an entertaining bauble without much on its mind..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
3 of 4

“..a respectable and satisfying historical romantic melodrama..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
Review rate : B
Reviewed by Tasha Robinson [Onion AV Club]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Ty Burr [Boston Globe]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Carrie Rickey [Philadelphia Inquirer]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Stephen Cole [Globe and Mail]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Anna Smith [Empire Magazine]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]
Reviewed by Manohla Dargis [NY Times]

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cheri with michelle pfeiffer has turned out to be a bomb. frears never should of directed this and never should of had michelle play the lead. she cant play these types of characters, she destroyed the age of innocence. that movie didnt get any nominations for best picture and neither will this one!!

posted by randy on Feb 16, 2009

realy good movie and reandy when you'll understand acting then write you're opinion.Michelle Pfeiffer is gourgeus n her acting is one of the gretest ever

posted by anuta on Feb 27, 2009

what the fuck is wrong with you randy? what the hell has the age of innocene have to do with anything? just because the setting was old? frears teamed up with pfeiffer in the late 1980s for dangerous liasons which earned michelle an oscar nominaton and great reviews internationally.. this movie is awesome.. i saw it at the berlin festival.. and i agree with anuta.. when you understand the acting of michelle pfeiffer write your opinion.. THIS MOVIE WAS AWESOME..

posted by alex on Mar 14, 2009

Although I loved the book, I didn't like the movie. The "décor" is great(costumes,houses,gardens etc..) but casting non french actors to play in a story talking place during "La Belle époque" was risqué. I couldn't get into the movie. I am sorry but that is the way I feel about that film. Thierry

posted by baddaboum on Jun 27, 2009

randy can be thrown to the lions now, and i wouldn't really mind and neither would Cheri. A lot of beatuy and truth was revealved quite simply and eloquently in this film, and those of us in denial will never grasp this.

posted by lidija on Jul 07, 2009

Sorry but this movie was totally unconvincing. Their love story had very little to keep me paying attention. I would have called it presposterous liaison. It was utterly disappointing. Poor Kathy came across as such a joke. Michelle does look fantastic at 51 though.

posted by Sibylle on Jul 13, 2009
 
 

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