David Thewlis, Hugh Grant, Ian McDiarmid
A fantastic premise is utterly blown in this film by director Michael Hoffman and screenwriter Rupert Walters (the two collaborated previously on the winning Some Girls). Robert Downey Jr. play...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 3, 1999
Stats: 133 reviews
An interesting movie about the choices one makes in their lives. Robert Downey is a 17th century phsyician who first makes a number of self-indulgent choices which backfire on him and he loses everything. He then is basically forced into helping in the efforts to fight the plag...( read more)
Quite the period piece. To be honest, I found the gaudiness and splendour of the first hour both amusing and disgusting - an odd combination, but nonetheless effective. Note that a large part of my disgust was aimed directly at our hero in his simpering mannerisms and voice. B...( read more)
That's a wonderful recreation of the Restoration era. With all this medical stuff and romantic mind form the XVII century. I love it
Wrong name for a fairly good movie. It's about the rise (fall) and fall (redemption) of a 17th century phyician in the French court. R Downey Jr is excellent. His rise to fame and riches is very well done, his fall from favor and redeeming work among plague victims is not as well...( read more)
Restoration avoids the pitfalls of pious historical reconstructions and plunges right into the cauldron. full review
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