Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
DVD Release Date: September 15, 2009
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October 28, 2009Jessica Biel is a peculiar choice to play the lead in a jazzy adaptation of a Noel Coward play, to say the least. The Hollywood starlet sticks out like a sore thumb - and although that is very much the point, one can only wonder what the film would've been with a more fitting and...( read more)
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October 12, 2009At first I was frustrated by the stuffiness, but was later met with a quite developed examination of character and story. I ended up really liking it.
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November 11, 2008I thought it would never end, only worth seeing for Kristen Scott Thomas, and if you're still not particularly convinced that Jessica Biel can act. As a periodical comedy piece I had my preservations before going in, to right they were, the laughs are pretty sparing, story not a ...( read more)
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May 7, 2009id give it 3/5 and that might be marking it a little bit high. there was nothing particularly great about the movie. it was a pretty slow going story and sort of aggrivating. Jessica Biel was great in it. I expected just a little bit more out of Colin Firth. Its worth maybe one w...( read more)
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April 3, 2009Tries too hard to be a mixture of Noel Coward, Oscar Wilde and an Ealing farce. Still, it's always nice to see upper class Britishness turned inside out, a rebellious Colin Firth and an unpredictable ending.
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November 26, 2009Colin and Kristin! Woo! They are both fantastic, Kristin is in particularly top form. Really fun film, with great old-fashioned contemporary songs :D
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November 16, 2009Although there was nothing stellar about this movie, it was quite enjoyable.
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November 14, 2009Easy Virtue was based on the Noel Coward play of the same name. We all know that he was witty and talented, but Easy Virtue wasn't considered to be one of his best works - it shows.
Visually, the film is nicely done. Many of the shots are pretty to look at, the scenery and loc...( read more) -
Critic Reviews
June 5, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
May 29, 2009
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
[Director] Elliott had a choice in Easy Virtue, to turn away from the horror or face it. He takes his time, but he eventually does face it -- and delivers up a good movie. full review
May 28, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR
There's supposed to be some distance between the main character and the family she marries into — but that distance probably shouldn't include acting styles. full review
May 28, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Those coming in cold may be forgiven for thinking they've wandered into Atonement remade as a farce. full review
May 28, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Easy Virtue has enough traces of Coward's wit to keep you hoping for the first hour or so, but then the film collapses under the weight of too many misguided innovations. full review
May 28, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Unusually for a play by Noel Coward, Love struggles while conquering All in Easy Virtue, a subversive view of British country-house society between the wars. full review
May 22, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Goes down as light and fizzily as a flute of Champagne tossed back in an airy drawing room. full review
May 22, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The elegant barbed wit of Noel Coward bubbling up in a time of Wolverine grunts. I must be dreaming. full review
May 20, 2009
Armond White, The New York Press
[Elliott] tends toward camp, yet respects Coward's light sentiment (and pays homage to Ealing Studios' genteel tradition). full review
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