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69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critics What's this?

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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 89 Ratings

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  • Starring: Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Naomi Watts
  • Summary: Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham and set against the visually stunning backdrop of China during one of its most dramatic periods of upheaval, The Painted Veil tells a unique love story of an estranged husband and wife who find redemption and unexpected grace in a very unlikely place. (Warner Independent Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    The year's best romantic drama.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    90
    Curran, his actors and screenwriter Ron Nyswaner have made an old-fashioned melodramatic epic that, as steeped as it is in the language and tradition of old movies, is never less than thrummingly alive.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Angie Errigo
    60
    Handsomely crafted, with meticulous performances, yet it plays out drily and in monotone.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 44
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 44
  3. Negative: 2 out of 44
  1. wendys
    10
    Incredible movie. One of the best I've seen. Beautiful imagery and moving stoy. I loved this one.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. PnArdyPnArdy
    4
    Rather boring drama romance with Naomi Watts and Edward Norton who plays a loving husband and doctor who volunteers to go to the central China to help treat its growing epidemic of cholera in the beginning of a century. [***SPOILER***]Unfortunately he dies.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. tinaholmes
    3
    Too slow and boring. I didn't care about the characters. Why was it called The Painted Veil. It just didn't do it for me.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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