This compelling drama reveals the havoc wrought by those who try to control other people's lives.
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03/01/02
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... [More]
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling
Director: Iain Softley
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Reviews for The Wings of the Dove
Nineteenth-century mores conflict with twentieth-century passions
01/01/00
Bonham Carter never allows the audience to lose the feeling that Kate truly does care about Milly--it's just that she cares about herself even more.
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This may be the most accessible James adaptation to date, as well as among the most beautiful.
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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.
01/15/05
almost a sort of turn-of-the-century 'Indecent Proposal'... But though the eloquent screenplay brings to the surface the eroticism James only hinted at, it doesn't neglect the fascinating psychology of the characters...
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Visually stunning? Absolutely! But I found the film's plodding pace relentlessly annoying.
05/31/03
Simply a film that did not rub me at all, much less the wrong way.
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