Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder
Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May's unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: November 6, 2001
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June 15, 2009
Excellent period drama set in high society New York. Newland (Daniel) is a well-educated and wealthy lawyer who is engaged to May (Winona), but falls passionately in love with her cousin Countess Ellen Olenska (Michelle). He is torn between what is right and proper conduct and wh...( read more)
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April 20, 2008
Age of Innocence is a good novel and film...both worthy to check out. The film starring a very strong cast; Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Winona Ryder.
The film centers on the high society of the 19th century NYC. A young bride to be (Ryder) along with her beloved...( read more) -
January 9, 2008
Gossip, scandal, society...these are topics that annoy me at worst, and are of little consequence at best. As such, a film related almost entirely to such topics is difficult for me to stomach, though not quite so difficult as the dry, detached, overly purple and incessantly desc...( read more)
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November 4, 2009
this is one of the best period drama i've ever seen, surprisingly it comes from the director that never made this kind of movie before, and unsurprisingly it comes from martin scorsese.,
this is an elegant and powerful film about characters defined by the social codes of New York...( read more) -
October 30, 2009
An undeniably audacious and unusual Scorsese project that succeeded in basically every essential aspect. The Age of Innocence is a nostalgic retelling of the old and classic style of American filmmaking with a considerably soaring beauty and extraordinary performances. I'm so gla...( read more)
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October 10, 2009
Scorsese's aggressively shot costume drama has all the energy of Goodfellas but the tone of a Jane Austen adaptation. A painful story of lost love that is unfortunately hampered by the limited range of Winona Ryder. Pfeiffer and Day Lewis are aces though.
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October 5, 2009
The Age of Innocence is a 1993 film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder, released by Columbia Pictures. It is a film adaptation of the book of the same name by Edith Wharton. The film won an Academy Award for Best Costume ...( read more)
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September 6, 2009
A little slow, but damn Day-Lewis is one of the best actors ever. So many cool directorial techniques as well.
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