Washington Square1997
Washington Square (1997)
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Cast
as Catherine Sloper
as Dr. Austin Sloper
as Morris Townsend
as Aunt Lavinia Penniman
as Mrs. Elizabeth Almond
as Mrs. Montgomery
as Marian Almond
as Jacob Webber/Notary
as Arthur Townsend
as Mr. Almond
as Maureen/Maid
as Catherine Sloper (Age 11)
as Sarah Almond (Age 16)
as Alice Almond (Age 17)
as John Ludlow
as Edith
as Therese/Maid
as Paris Singer
as Midwife
as Sloper's Cook
as Engagement Party Pianist
as Engagement Party Singer
as Engagement Party Guest
as Carriage Driver
as Guillotine Victim
Critic Reviews for Washington Square
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Holland's passionate version may be truer to James. He'd be startled by its earthiness, but he'd recognize these bruised, complex hearts as his own.
There's isn't much tension here, and, if anything, the film is stolen by Maggie Smith and Judith Ivey as Finney's sisters.
If you are going to have an appealing Townsend you may as well have a distinctive Catherine. When they are sitting side by side playing piano duets, or kissing passionately in the parlor while the doctor is out, they make believable lovers.
Jennifer Jason Leigh shows a surprising flair for modest, introspective moods in Agnieszka Holland's deftly directed adaptation of Henry James's quietly compassionate novel.
Washington Square comes closer than did The Heiress to what James originally wrote: an elegy to a woman whom few people notice and no one loves.
Registers strongly on the emotions as a poignant and powerful meditation upon loss.
Audience Reviews for Washington Square
Holland's treatment of Washington Square goes across the line of the interesting into something quite dull. When Jennifer Jason Leigh flops down dramatically in the midst of the film, it represented the most exciting thing about it. Zzzzzz...
Super Reviewer
Another from the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, this festival was loaded with outstanding films, Film list can be obtained on the net. So far I have watched about 18 of them and have yet to be disappointed. This Film is based on the novel written by Henry James. This one is about a young girl who stands to inherited a fortune and her suitor is in question by her father, as to his motives. The time period is portrayed well along with outstanding actors, make this film worth seeing. I have to rate it 4 stars.
Super Reviewer
An interesting film!
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