Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

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Vanity Fair

Bob Hoskins, Eileen Atkins, Gabriel Byrne, James Purefoy, Jim Broadbent

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  read more... )Miss Pinkerton's Academy at Chiswick, Becky resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. She deploys all of her wit, guile, and sexuality as she makes her way up into high society during the first quarter of the 19th century. Becky's ascension to the heights of society commences when she gains employment as governess to the daughters of eccentric Sir Pitt Crawley. Becky wins over the children, and the Crawley family's rich spinster Aunt Matilda as well. The rural Hampshire household comes to find her indispensable, and Matilda comes to confide in the bright young woman. But Becky knows that she cannot be a true part of English society until she moves to the city. When Matilda invites her to come live in London, Becky eagerly accepts. There, Becky is reunited with her best friend Amelia Sedley, who-having grown up comfortably--does not share Becky's more brazen ambitions. Hewing close to the family she already knows so well, Becky secretly marries dashing heir Rawdon Crawley but when Matilda discovers their union, she casts the newlyweds out. When Napoleon invades Europe, Rawdon bravely reports to the front lines. Pregnant Becky stands by distraught newlywed Amelia, whose own husband George Osborne is also called to fight. When George does not survive the Battle of Waterloo, Becky's friendship with Amelia is strained beyond repair. Becky is reunited with Rawdon and gives birth to a boy, but, post-war, money and comforts are sparse for the trio. More intent than ever on gaining acceptance into London society and living well, Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne. Steyne's whims enable Becky to realize her dreams, but the ultimate cost may be too high for her.

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  • July 25, 2009
    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)lthough her motives were not always the best she still kept her character likeable!
    I was not satified with the ending tho! I would have like to see Becky get what was coming to her. There needed to be a coast involed, yes she lost her husband and son buy she didnt seem all that put out by it. i would to have liked to mybe see her go all the way back down be bing a maid.
  • December 25, 2008
    I watched this solely for the deliciousness that is James Purefoy in Regency attire.
  • August 7, 2007
    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.
  • November 20, 2006
    I liked it, but only just liked it.
  • November 17, 2006
    Trivial.
  • December 19, 2009
    Decadent and OTT, just as Vanity Fair should be. It definitely skips some stuff from the novel, but how can it not, as that tome is long and complicated. It probably trivializes some elements of the plot that Thackeray meant to emphasize, and I felt that Rawdon was made smarter t...( read more)han he should have been, but movies do not always have to be exactly faithful to the novel - they need to be movies! I for one enjoyed it.
  • December 8, 2009
    great cast - bad movie
  • October 31, 2009
    Typical but interesting story
  • October 14, 2009
    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
  • October 11, 2009
    i loved this movie but then i got really sad.

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