Lady J (Mademoiselle de Joncquières) 2019

Lady J

Critics Consensus

Deliciously decadent, Lady J is a surprisingly subversive romance with incredible production values.

83%

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User Ratings: 72

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Movie Info

A widow plans revenge on a notorious libertine.

Genre:

drama, romance
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Emmanuel Mouret
Producer:

Frédéric Niedermayer
Writer:

Emmanuel Mouret
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 15, 2019
Runtime:

1h 49m
Production Co:

Moby Dick Films

Cast & Crew

Cécile De France
Madame de La Pommeraye

Édouard Baer
Le marquis des Arcis

Alice Isaaz
Mademoiselle de Joncquières

Natalia Dontcheva
Madame de Joncquières

Laure Calamy
Lucienne - l'amie de Madame

Manon Kneusé
Une courtisane

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Critic Reviews for Lady J (Mademoiselle de Joncquières)

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (2)

Mouret manipulates our sympathies effortlessly as the story zigzags its way... to its ultimately surprising and quite satisfying resolution.

March 8, 2019 | Full Review…

Helen T. Verongos
New York Times
Anyone who loves "Dangerous Liaisons" - in any of its iterations - should rush to cue up "Lady J," a period romance with a similarly wicked sense of comic melodrama.

March 7, 2019 | Full Review…

Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
"Mademoiselle de Joncquieres" takes a stealthy and slow-burn approach before fully revealing its true colors as a shrewdly choreographed roundelay of scheming, seduction and revenge in the spirit of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses."

September 27, 2018 | Full Review…

Joe Leydon
Variety
Lush costumes, languid pacing and the elaborate syntax of the 18th-century all create an exquisitely measured effect.

September 11, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Kate Taylor
Globe and Mail
A pleasurable way indeed to pass two hours at the cinema.

September 10, 2018 | Full Review…

Boyd van Hoeij
Hollywood Reporter
As comical and critical as it is decadent, Emmanuel Mouret's film eventually hits a sour note that's unfortunately too predictable for a work made by a man.

September 9, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Radheyan Simonpillai
NOW Toronto
It's a period drama, no doubt, but you'd never describe it as musty.

March 15, 2019 | Full Review…

John Serba
Decider
French drama about infidelity and passion has nudity.

March 13, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Barbara Shulgasser
Common Sense Media
Perfectly paced Mademoiselle de Joncquières takes its time in revealing its hidden, if ultimately ambivalent, motivations.

January 31, 2019 | Full Review…

Ken Eisner
Georgia Straight
Based loosely on a short story by Denis Diderot, this is decadently delicious and was among the top three films seen at the festival.

September 28, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Kent Turner
Film-Forward.com
That the fact of the whore pretending to be the virgin reveals more about the surrounding society than the deception itself is fascinating, yet it happens too late-and the film is a bit too taken with itself to notice.

September 11, 2018 | Full Review…

Madeleine Wall
Cinema Scope