The Crimson Petal and The White Image
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  • Summary: The heir (Chris O'Dowd) to a perfume business begins an affair with a prostitute named Sugar (Romola Garai) in Victorian London in this British four-part adaptation of Michel Faber's novel.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
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  1. Positive: 6 out of 11
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  1. Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 10, 2012
    80
    It's also a pungent, harrowing and thoroughly captivating entertainment, a welcome reminder of the power of the classic miniseries, which the networks have shunned for far too long.
  2. Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 10, 2012
    80
    O'Dowd and Garai are fascinating as they make their characters grow in opposite directions--he more steely, she more compassionate--over the course of the show.
  3. Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Sep 10, 2012
    80
    There are a few revelations in this rich adaptation, concisely written for the screen by Lucinda Coxon.
  4. Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Sep 10, 2012
    60
    Crimson Petal could lose an hour without sacrificing a single scene or word of dialogue, and it would still seem slow and moody.

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