Bob Hoskins, Eileen Atkins, Gabriel Byrne
The daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl, Becky is orphaned at a young age. Even as a child, she yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises. As she leaves ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 1, 2005
Stats: 1,920 reviews
This is a beautifully made movie! although it was a bit like a jane austen novel was attcked by a bollywood productions, i still love the colors and the costume!
I was ver surprised by Reese Witherspoon, she carried this role very well and i think was just the one to play it. A...( read more)
I watched this solely for the deliciousness that is James Purefoy in Regency attire.
This i felt was a very clever movie with flair and colour. A classic novel becomes a classic movie with delectable reese witherspoon in the lead role. Magical film with funny bits and a loving core at its sweet centre.
good movie, but too long for juat a story about one woman and her life. i loved the characters tho, but once becky had her baby it was like she lost all her morals, that is all i have to say against becky's awesomeness
Vanity Fair was a beautiful movie with amazing costumes. But it took a lot of concentration to figure out what exactly was going on.
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"Vanity Fair is to Reese Witherspoon as "Erin Brockovich" was to Julia Roberts – only with a much better wardrobe. full review
By film's end, audiences are bound to be left dissatisfied with the choppy and confusing storytelling style and unhappy about the missed opportunity. full review
A pared-down but wonderfully cluttered rendition of Thackeray's work, beautifully acted by a dream troupe of performers. full review
It's one thing to understand Becky -- do we have to love her, too? full review
This might be tolerable if Nair hadn't missed the central point, that Becky Sharp isn't sharp like spice, she's sharp like a razor. full review
The peculiar quality of Vanity Fair, which sets it aside from the Austen adaptations such as Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, is that it's not about very nice people. That makes them muc... full review
At the risk of being brutal, I would say that the Witherspoon of Legally Blonde, a far more bubbleheaded picture, was not merely sharper but Sharper than her Becky. full review
Dull and mostly lifeless... leaving viewers with little but a series of pretty pictures of pretty actors in pretty costumes. full review
Mira Nair mistakenly makes the conniving Becky a symbol of modern feminist pluckiness. full review
I liked this movie. She definitely got what she wanted in life. This was a good movie.
Take care all,
William
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