The Age of Innocence (1993)
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Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 30 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 7.3/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Synopsis: Set in 1870s New York, Martin Scorsese's THE AGE OF INNOCENCE examines the tyranny of tradition and family heritage--and the tragic consequences of breaking society's unspoken rules. Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), an upstanding gentleman and partner in a lucrative and conservative... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Miriam Margolyes, Richard E. Grant
Director: Martin Scorsese
Story: Edith Wharton
Screenwriter: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks
Producer: Barbara De Fina
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Story: Edith Wharton
Screenwriter: Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks
Producer: Barbara De Fina
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
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It shows that while conformity can stifle honesty and love, acting in mere self-interest can be even more destructive.
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09/20/07
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07/22/06
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07/22/06
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Mr. Scorsese has made a big, intelligent movie that functions as if it were a window on a world he had just discovered, and about which he can't wait to spread the news.
07/22/06
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The Age of Innocence drags through some of the usual costume movie elements, but Scorsese's exuberance carries the show.
05/26/06
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02/09/06
At first, the movie seems a departure from Scorsese's turf of violence and lower class men, but Wharton's depiction of rigid milieu with its restrictive mores and emotional repression bears resemblance to Little Italy's male subculture.
12/01/05
The great tragedy is that the hypocrisies that Newland and Olenska work to reveal are the very same ones that ultimately destroy everything passionate and human within them.
04/23/05
A moving and impassioned work from one of the foremost filmmakers today.
01/02/04
The story lacks the depth of emotion needed to engage the interests of the audience.
03/23/03
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