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The Age of Innocence (1993)

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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 1

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In Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's 1920 novel, romance between an upper-class gentleman and an ostracized lady is doomed by 19th century New York society. Shortly after his engagement to blandly genteel May Welland (Winona Ryder), Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis) is reacquainted with May's scandalous cousin Ellen Olenska (Michelle Pfeiffer). As the head of an esteemed family, Archer initially uses his standing to try to rehabilitate Ellen's reputation, but he finds himself

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Drama, Romance

Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks

Nov 6, 2001

Columbia Pictures

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All Critics (44) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (8) | DVD (10)

Manages to be both personal and true to its source, though it never quite comes together.

February 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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An extraordinarily sumptuous piece of filmmaking.

September 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
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Spurning Masterpiece Theatre twittiness, Scorsese cuts to the primal passions of Wharton's tale.

July 22, 2006
Rolling Stone
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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.

July 22, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Scorsese's most poignantly moving film.

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
Time Out
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Scorsese shows he can flex an entirely different set of muscles and still make a great movie.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post
Washington Post
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Day-Lewis and Pfeifer are on top form with Ryder giving the performance of her career.

February 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Gorgeously shot, deceptively genteel period drama. Day-Lewis, Ryder and in particular Pfieffer give performances as polished as the silver and the result is slow, subtle but irresistibly powerful.

February 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

It shows that while conformity can stifle honesty and love, acting in mere self-interest can be even more destructive.

September 20, 2007
Looking Closer

The Age of Innocence drags through some of the usual costume movie elements, but Scorsese's exuberance carries the show.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

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.

December 1, 2005 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

A stylish but fairly forgettable Scorsese effort

May 27, 2005
Lawrence Journal-World

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.

April 23, 2005 Full Review Source: Cinematic Reflections

A moving and impassioned work from one of the foremost filmmakers today.

January 2, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
TheMovieReport.com

Scorsese must stay away from period pieces.

October 3, 2003 | Comment (1)
FilmsInReview.com

Scorsese brings to stuffy New York society the same keen regard for the rules of social games that characterize his earlier films.

July 30, 2003 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

The story lacks the depth of emotion needed to engage the interests of the audience.

March 23, 2003 Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope
Laramie Movie Scope

Quite fascinating.

October 4, 2002 Full Review
rec.arts.movies.reviews

[Age of Innocence] is a veritable feast for the eyes, but the story's about as entertaining as a fourth grade adaptation of a Neil Simon play.

September 25, 2002
Reel Film Reviews

Thanks to Scorsese's directorial prowess, the film completely immerses the viewer.

June 2, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com
MovieMartyr.com

The Age of Innocence is on the verge of something great, but ultimately Scorsese couldn't quite take it there.

November 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide
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Audience Reviews for The Age of Innocence

Atmospherically, it's a wedding juxtaposed against a funeral.

Full review coming to themoviefreakblog.com on 6/12
June 6, 2013
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A well-acted, if occasionally boring and long-winded study of 19th century New York and how a young upper-class man (Daniel Day-Lewis) slowly begins to detach himself from his wife (Winona Ryder) in hopes of starting a relationship with her cousin (Michelle Pfeiffer). If not for Day-Lewis's convincing, arresting turn as a man deeply troubled by what he should do and what he truly feels, this movie would probably be lost on me. Instead, it is quite good, in addition to Scorsese's firm direction which includes some original camera tricks to spice up the story every once in a while. It goes on a little too long, and sometimes you question if you should even be caring about these snobby upper-class people. However, the characters are given the proper color and depth they need, in addition to the plot being able to keep the story going in the second half, when you do not know what Day-Lewis's character will decide to do. The end result is a fine film, a minor entry into Scorsese's resume, and one of the few chances audiences around the world get to see the brilliance that is the actor Daniel Day-Lewis.
March 11, 2012
Dan Schultz

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