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A Good Woman (2005)

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Reviews Counted:80

Fresh:30

Rotten:50

Average Rating:5.3/10

Consensus: This adaptation of Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan lacks bite due to liberties taken with the source material, coupled with uneven performances.

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for thematic material, sensuality and language

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 3, 2006 Limited

Box Office: $97,060

Synopsis: Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson fight over the same rich young man in this sumptuously elegant and loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. The setting for the action is moved... Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson fight over the same rich young man in this sumptuously elegant and loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. The setting for the action is moved from Victorian England's parlors to Italy's gorgeous Amalfi coast in the early 1930's. A vacationing American couple, the Windermeres (Johansson and Mark Umbers), meet scandal when caught up in a web of expatriate British slander after Mr. Windermere apparently starts having an affair with the notorious gold-digger, Mrs. Erlynne (Hunt). Meanwhile, the debauched Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore) takes it upon himself to comfort the tearful and lovely Mrs. Windermere, and Tuppy (Tom Wilkinson), an older member of the British circle, sees there's a sweet woman being hurt by all the malicious gossip and falls for Mrs. Erlynne himself. The gossip may be malicious, but no one writes it as well as Wilde, and here his famed quips--many flown in from other plays--flourish in wild abundance. Johansson is a knockout, and there are lots of elegant costumes and intricately decorated Italian villas, all captured in an enticingly dusky cinematographic style. Performances vary in stylistic approach, with Wilkinson carrying the day as the well-intentioned, self-effacing Tuppy, the vulnerable human center of this dizzying ring of barbed witticisms and elegant subterfuge. [More]

Starring: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Moore

Starring: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Moore, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers, John Standing

Director: Mike Barker

Director: Mike Barker
Story: Oscar Wilde
Screenwriter: Howard Himelstein
Composer: Richard G. Mitchell
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
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03/26/09
Derek Elley
Derek Elley
Variety
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Brian Marder
Brian Marder
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Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
03/06/07
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Sermonizes in the manner Wilde satirized; the movie bends over backwards to assure the audience that marriage and monogamy, the butt of jokes throughout, are just and right.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
02/22/07
Rex Roberts
Rex Roberts
Film Journal International
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Full Review Source: NPR's Morning Edition | comment Comment
12/30/06
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
NPR's Morning Edition

If you enjoy the charming wit of films such as An Ideal Husband or Enchanted April, you'll probably be Wilde about A Good Woman.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
09/22/06
Camerin Courtney
Camerin Courtney
Christianity Today

There's only one thing worse than being a period piece, and that's being an out-of-period piece.

Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) | comment Comment
08/23/06
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
N/R

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06/24/06
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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
04/01/06
Empire Magazine

Hunt, grievously miscast as the worldly Mrs. Erlynne...ends up looking like a once-fresh teenager, beaten down by the years, playacting in Mommy's oversized threads on a rainy day.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles CityBeat | comment Comment
02/27/06
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat

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Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
02/18/06
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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A bit of a muddle at the ending, but the performances are pleasant (Tom Wilkinson is outstanding) and the humour is quick and subversive.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
02/17/06
Liz Braun
Liz Braun
Jam! Movies

... willfully odd movie ...

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
02/17/06
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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While this film is certainly not a painful experience, it is certainly not up to the brilliance of Oscar Wilde's intent and voice.

Full Review Source: Sympatico.ca | comment Comment
02/17/06
Angela Baldassarre
Angela Baldassarre
Sympatico.ca

A wet teabag of a movie.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
02/16/06
Keith Phipps
Keith Phipps
AV Club

With its jellyfish direction, A Good Woman throws its actors overboard to see if they can swim.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
02/11/06
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle

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02/11/06
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

It's (Tom) Wilkinson who really saves the movie. His acting is always outstanding --- he makes it appear so effortless.

Full Review Source: Kaplan vs. Kaplan | comment Comment
02/08/06
Jeanne Kaplan
Jeanne Kaplan
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