Anne Bancroft, Derek Jacobi, James Fox
Somerset Maugham was a master teller of stories about superficial people who are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck. His novella Up at the Villa is a tale of death, seduction, bl...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 1, 2001
Stats: 40 reviews
I found the movie interesting. Mary has problems. She has no money, and she has been unlucky in marriage. She is proposed to by an Englishman quite a bit older than her. Now does she marry for convenience or not. Of course a young Sean Penn complicates things, and a local im...( read more)
I think this movie would have worked better if there had been some real chemistry between Sean Penn and Kristin Scott Thomas, but there was none, and it's not the sort of thing you can force, but the lack of made the movie and fantastic cast all fall flat. Too bad.
Definatly Sean Penn's worst film. It's just totally boring and completely stupid and pointless. I like Sean Penn but this makes me question his choice in movies. Kristin Scott Thomas is a really good actress but she really was awful in this film. I really can't get over how much ...( read more)
Laughable. The only movie to draw a bad performance out of Penn, and 1/2 way through, cartoon music happens anytime the Nazis arrive.
This is the first film to make complete sense of Kristin Scott Thomas as a screen presence. full review
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