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Bride of the Wind (2001)
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Reviews Counted:65
Fresh:7
Rotten:58
Average Rating:3.6/10
Consensus: Bride of the Wind drags for its length, and Alma, rather than being the proto-feminist the film wants her to be, comes across more as a dilettante of mediocre talent.
Theatrical Release:Jun 8, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: In this semi-biographical tale of Alma Schindler (Sarah Wynter), who became Alma Mahler when she married the famous composer Gustav Mahler (Jonathan Pryce), director Bruce Beresford transports... [More]
Starring: Sarah Wynter, Jonathan Pryce, Vincent Perez, Simon Verhoeven
Director: Bruce Beresford
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Reviews for Bride of the Wind
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Alma Mahler is flirting again. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Sarah Wynter doesn't quite have the chops, Bruce Beresford doesn't quite have the heart, and the audience probably doesn't have anywhere near the level of interest. Full Review |
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Never successfully answers what Alma Schindler had that drew composer Gustav Mahler, architect Walter Gropius, writer Franz Werfel, and painter Oskar Kokoschka to her. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Beresford and his screenwriter, Marilyn Levy, have a wealth of compelling material at their disposal. But somehow the film doesn't quite cohere. Full Review |
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Beresford has picked a terrific cast to tell this story. Full Review |
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2/5 |
If this movie is any evidence of Alma's true persona, I'd contend that the miserable gal never deserved her own bio-pic in the first place. Full Review |
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Click to read the article Full Review |
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2/4 |
An often silly and oddly tepid biopic from director Bruce Beresford. Full Review |
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C |
Bride of the Wind is burdened with a wooden story and characterizations. Full Review |
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As Sarah Wynter plays Alma, it's difficult to see what all the hue and cry was about. Full Review |
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2/4 |
As in most film biographies, we suffer from lack of understanding of the motivating forces behind the events of the person's life. Full Review |
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68/100 |
It’s just another attractive costume drama, with a few sexy scenes thrown in for spice, and a classical music setting that qualifies this as another difficult-to-market artsy film. Full Review |
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Watching it is like walking, walking, walking down a never-ending aisle. Full Review |
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The filmmakers' limited notions of genius, simple humanity and, probably, feminism seem to have defeated everyone involved. Full Review |
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Incredibly superficial and clinically icy, with characters who act so aloof that it's hard to care about what happens to them. Full Review |
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"Remember Sharon Stone in 'The Muse?' Alma Schindler assumes that role in early 20th-century Vienna in this glossy but floundering drama." Full Review |
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4/10 |
Wynter's portrayal is flat and unconvincing. Full Review |
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It seems merely a cardboard copy of a fertile and febrile time. Full Review |
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The turgid Marilyn Levy screenplay ... induced giggles at the screening. Full Review |
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C+ |
[Wynter] simply doesn't show the stuff of a major star, and the well-mounted movie falls flat all around her. Full Review |
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