The Painted Veil (2006)
The Painted Veil (2006)
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Critic Consensus: Visually, The Painted Veil has all the trappings of a stuffy period drama, but Norton's and Watts's deft portrayals of imperfect, complicated characters give the film a modern-day spark.
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Cast
as Kitty Fane
as Walter Fane
as Charlie Townsend
as Mother Superior
as Waddington
as Dorothy Townsend
as Hostess
as Colonel Yu
as Mrs. Garstin
as Sister Maryse
as Sister St. Joseph
as Angry Chinese Man
as Sung Ching
as Amah
as Mr. Garstin
as Doris Garstin
as Geoffrey Denison
as Sung Ching
as Mary
as Student 1, Student No. 1
as Student 2
as Warlord Kwei
as Student No. 3
as Leona
as Student 3
as Walter Junior
as Hostess
as Wan Xi
as Wu Lien
as Student 4
as Chinese Opera Star
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Singing Orphan
as Businessman in Colony Club
as Businessman in Colony Club
as Businessman in Colony Club
as Businessman in Colony Club
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Critic Reviews for The Painted Veil
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The production values are characteristically sumptuous, William Daniels' photography is lustrous, and Boleslawski directs with suitable flair.
The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights.
Sweeping vistas, period-piece sets, impeccable literary source, a little stolid at times, but ultimately quite impressive.
The movie makes for a good old-fashioned wide-screen wallow.
Exquisitely filmed and finely acted.
The acting is quite splendid, especially in the vicinity of the quite splendid Watts.
Audience Reviews for The Painted Veil
The cinematography is stunning, while Watts' and Norton's outstanding performances elevate this absorbing material into a truly memorable experience, as they give shape to complex characters in an extremely engaging drama about resentment, forgiveness and love.
Super Reviewer
A movie I was completely unaware of, and therefor surprised by... very pleasantly surprised by. It gets a little montage-y toward the end, and the odd shot is clumsy, but Norton and Watts are outstanding in this adaptation of Somerset Maugham's classic. A fine, exotic historical romance - see it!
Super Reviewer
Visually stunning at times, The Painted Veil is a heartwarming love story. The refreshing part of this love story is it shows the effort to find love, accept love and to forgive.
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The Painted Veil Quotes
| Kitty Fane: | As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue. |
| Mother Superior: | When love and duty are one, then grace is within you. |
| Kitty Fane: | If no one spoke unless they had something to say, the human race would lose the power of speech. |
| Walter Fane: | It was silly of us to look for qualities in each other that we never had. |
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