Washington Square (1997)
Average Rating: 7.3/10
Reviews Counted: 28
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 5
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Average Rating: 7.6/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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This film is the second effort to bring to the screen the 1880 Henry James novel of the same title (the first was The Heiress in 1949). Set in 1850 among the aristocracy of New York, Washington Square examines the inhibitions of Catherine Sloper (Jennifer Jason Leigh), the only child of wealthy Dr. Austin Sloper (Albert Finney). Catherine is clumsy and shy and something of an embarrassment to her high-class father. Dr. Sloper still unconsciously resents the child because her birth caused the
Oct 5, 1997 Wide
Sep 3, 2002
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Cast
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Catherine Sloper -
Albert Finney
Dr. Austin Sloper -
Ben Chaplin
Morris Townsend -
Maggie Smith
Aunt Lavinia Penniman -
Judith Ivey
Mrs. Elizabeth Almond -
Betsy Brantley
Mrs. Montgomery -
Jennifer Garner
Marian Almond -
Peter Maloney
Jacob Webber/Notary -
Robert Stanton
Arthur Townsend
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Jennifer Jason Leigh shows a surprising flair for modest, introspective moods in Agnieszka Holland's deftly directed adaptation of Henry James's quietly compassionate novel.
Washington Square comes closer than did The Heiress to what James originally wrote: an elegy to a woman whom few people notice and no one loves.
Registers strongly on the emotions as a poignant and powerful meditation upon loss.
Guys, go see this movie (the first half) to find out how to treat a lady. My friend wanted to borrow my notebook and make notes for himself.
Painstakingly produced, dramatically compelling, and acted with skill and intensity.
With her usual abandon, Leigh at first loses herself in Catherine's gaudy dresses and nervous tics. As the story progresses, however, the actress lets us see there is considerably more going on with this girl than first meets the eye.
Leigh may sound like a peculiar casting choice for a costume drama, but her trademark mannerisms and mumbly elocution are a perfect fit.
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