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The Wings of the Dove (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 23
Rotten:4
Average Rating: 7.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: A social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack... A social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack journalist, incompatible with her new station. She cooks up a plan to use her lover to bilk a guileless and fabulously wealthy American woman of her considerable fortune, but putting the scheme into action sparks painful conflicting emotions. A sleek adaptation of the eponymous Henry James novel, with the source material's bitterness tempered by a more sympathetic characterization of its heroine. [More]
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Gambon, Alex Jennings, Ben Miles, Philip Wright, Alexander John, Shirley Chantrell, Diana Kent, Georgio Serafini, Rachele Crisafulli
Director: Iain Softley
Director: Iain Softley
Producer: Stephen Evans, David Parfitt
Screenwriter: Hossein Amini
Story: Henry James
Composer: Ed Shearmur
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Release:
Jul 27, 1999
Reviews for The Wings of the Dove
The problem is this: We're given no reason to care about these two yearning hearts. Our only evidence of their love is a garish display of hormones.
Visually stunning? Absolutely! But I found the film's plodding pace relentlessly annoying.
This compelling drama reveals the havoc wrought by those who try to control other people's lives.
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