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Over the years, Flaubert's Madame Bovary has proven an exceedingly difficult novel to film -- and this version adds another disappointing entry to the list.
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Barthes feels the need to improve on Flaubert, adding and dropping scenes and inventing social metaphors - mainly spiderwebs and corsets. Jul 3, 2015 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Barthes feels the need to improve on Flaubert, adding and dropping scenes and inventing social metaphors - mainly spiderwebs and corsets.
Robert Everett-Green
For a film about passion, it feels oddly flat and often passionless. Jul 2, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
For a film about passion, it feels oddly flat and often passionless.
Linda Barnard
With her thousand-mile frown, Mia Wasikowska was born to play Victorian heroines, though she's a little too intelligent and self-aware for Flaubert's Emma Bovary. Jun 18, 2015 | Full Review…
With her thousand-mile frown, Mia Wasikowska was born to play Victorian heroines, though she's a little too intelligent and self-aware for Flaubert's Emma Bovary.
J. R. Jones
This umpteenth adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel at least chooses its Emma wisely ... Jun 15, 2015 | Rating: B | Full Review…
This umpteenth adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel at least chooses its Emma wisely ...
Leah Greenblatt
For all the talk of romance, this is a Madame Bovary that's grounded in the real - in the sounds and colors of Emma's world, in its material limitations and splendors. Jun 13, 2015 | Full Review…
For all the talk of romance, this is a Madame Bovary that's grounded in the real - in the sounds and colors of Emma's world, in its material limitations and splendors.
Bilge Ebiri
The Normandy locations are evocative, but director Sophie Barthes compresses Emma's multiyear rise and fall into what seems like a month or so. Jun 12, 2015 | Rating: C | Full Review…
The Normandy locations are evocative, but director Sophie Barthes compresses Emma's multiyear rise and fall into what seems like a month or so.
Peter Rainer
There is a lot to admire about Barthes' production values, but little to actually enjoy in the storytelling. Oct 16, 2017 | Full Review…
There is a lot to admire about Barthes' production values, but little to actually enjoy in the storytelling.
Sarah Marrs
Most crucially and delectably, it is language-Flaubert's mots précises-that sways with seductive power and portent, which Barthes taps for all its symbolic suggestion. Oct 10, 2017 | Full Review…
Most crucially and delectably, it is language-Flaubert's mots précises-that sways with seductive power and portent, which Barthes taps for all its symbolic suggestion.
Jay Kuehner
It's a worthy effort, but the existential fiction of Barthes's debut, Cold Souls, in which the human essence could be bottled and sold, represented a better fit for her talents Aug 21, 2017 | Full Review…
It's a worthy effort, but the existential fiction of Barthes's debut, Cold Souls, in which the human essence could be bottled and sold, represented a better fit for her talents
Kathy Fennessy
Incapable of going deeper in its story, the film is a very superficial take on the material. [Full review in Spanish] Jun 1, 2016 | Full Review…
Incapable of going deeper in its story, the film is a very superficial take on the material. [Full review in Spanish]
Luis Martínez
Mia Wasikowska isn't that bad, but her character lacks all the necessary layers to make us understand her erratic behaviour. [Full review in Spanish] May 25, 2016 | Full Review…
Mia Wasikowska isn't that bad, but her character lacks all the necessary layers to make us understand her erratic behaviour. [Full review in Spanish]
Chus Pérez Girón
A faithful adaptation of the mythical novel that stands out thanks to it's great production values. [Full review in Spanish] May 20, 2016 | Full Review…
A faithful adaptation of the mythical novel that stands out thanks to it's great production values. [Full review in Spanish]
Javier Ocaña
A poor adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic novel, Madame Bovary is monotonous and cliché. The story follows a young woman who marries a country doctor, but finding her new life unfulfilling, she starts to spend recklessly and seeks out new lovers. Mia Wasikowska gives a strong performance but the character is underdeveloped. The film never really delves into the why behind her infidelity and excessive spending, which makes her come off as a rather shallow character. And the dialog is quite dry, with no passion to it. However, the film looks beautiful; with elaborate costumes and set designs. Also, the score does a good job at setting the mood and tone. Yet despite its first class production values, Madame Bovary has no heart.
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