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The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights.
Sweeping vistas, period-piece sets, impeccable literary source, a little stolid at times, but ultimately quite impressive.
The movie makes for a good old-fashioned wide-screen wallow.
The acting is quite splendid, especially in the vicinity of the quite splendid Watts.
The Painted Veil recalls an earlier era of film direction, when movies moved rather than manipulated and craft superseded special effects.
The Painted Veil does what a romantic drama needs to do. It testifies to love as the great educator.
This stab at grand romance fails to satisfy.
Well-acted period drama is lush and haunting.
Norton's effect and Watts' able portrayal are not enough to move the misogyny of the narrative.
Contents itself with making the Maugham work less prissy.
It's a wallow and I confess to wholeheartedly enjoying the plunge.
Concealed passions are revealed as life takes unexpected turns and what initially seems like an act of vengeance becomes the making of the central characters
The Painted Veil has a real pulse. It sweeps you up in the characters' journey from the beginning, and keeps you riveted from moment to moment.
The Painted Veil offers up a vision of hope in the midst of unreasonable social rules and despicable acts of cruelty.
...a finely crafted product that can hardly fail to touch one's heart.
John Curran controls the redemptive spirit of Maugham's book with merciful restraint, and gets excellent performances all round.
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