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Jennifer Jason Leigh, Albert Finney, Ben Chaplin

In biographies written before 1990, Jennifer Jason Leigh claims to have been born in 1958. Recently, she's changed that to 1962. In either case, she definitely looks a bit odd in this 1998 release pla...( read more  read more... )ying a 20-year-old opposite the youthful Ben Chaplin. Even stranger is the fact that she's been cast as the ugly girl; after all, she was voted one of America's 10 most beautiful women by Harper's Bazaar. Still, this film captures to a T the Henry James novel on which it is based. The story concerns Catherine Sloper, a 19th-century heiress whose father disapproves of the man she loves. In a twisty plot, questions are raised about both her father's and her suitor's motives, and Catherine must untangle the connections between love and money. This provides fodder for Henry James's critiques of the shallowness and sexism of his society. Some find James's work stiff, self-important, and a bit dull, while others see him as the most astute social critic of his time, so your enjoyment of this film may be a matter of taste. But it's definitely a period piece done right, which is to say that it fully captures its era, and never stoops to anachronisms that would interrupt the viewer's sense of an older, crueler world. --James DiGiovanna

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PG, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

Release Date: October 5, 1997

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DVD Release Date: September 3, 2002

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  • bbcfloridabound
    August 10, 2009
    bbcfloridabound
    Another from the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival, this festival was loaded with outstanding films, Film list can be obtained on the net. So far I have watched about 18 of them and have yet to be disappointed. This Film is based on the novel written by Henry James. This o...( read more)ne is about a young girl who stands to inherited a fortune and her suitor is in question by her father, as to his motives. The time period is portrayed well along with outstanding actors, make this film worth seeing. I have to rate it 4 stars.
  • ileo
    December 19, 2007
    ileo
    An interesting film!
  • BrittanyXBitch
    May 6, 2008
    BrittanyXBitch
    HATED IT EVEN MORE THE A RAISIN IN THE SUN
  • VickyDeepSecret
    September 21, 2007
    VickyDeepSecret
    Such a dark movie. I didnt manage to completely understand it.
  • lunarisa
    September 11, 2007
    lunarisa
    It's so heartbreaking but it's a great story and it's clean but has wonderful passionate scenes.
  • missinguall123
    May 13, 2007
    missinguall123
    A very good film. The two best actors were Maggie Smith and Albert Finney.
  • dreamerhuman
    April 26, 2007
    dreamerhuman
    I like this movie.The end was great.I liked how it concluded:the bittersweet,so dignified.
    Catherine Sloper: You treated me badly. I felt it very much. I felt it for years. It made a great change in my life. But I can't talk about it.
    Morris Townsend: Why didn't you marry then...( read more). Levinia tells me there've been chances.
    Catherine Sloper: I didn't wish to marry. Yes.
    Morris Townsend: You had nothing to gain.
    Catherine Sloper: I had nothing to gain. What ever else happened, I did, I did love once. Well, actually.
    Morris Townsend: Do you hate me?
    Catherine Sloper: No. But please don't come here again.
  • obscenecolleen
    March 20, 2007
    obscenecolleen
    Dull and boring woman does dull and boring things.

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