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MPAA RATING: PG for thematic material
Starring Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, and Anthony LaPaglia
Lily Bart (Anderson) is a ravishing socialite at the height of her success who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. (Sony Pictures Classics)
| GENRE(S): | Romance |
| WRITTEN BY: |
Terence Davies (adaptation)
Edith Wharton (novel) |
| DIRECTED BY: | Terence Davies |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 29, 2001 Video: May 29, 2001 Theatrical: December 22, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 140 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | UK |
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
[Anonymous] gave it a10:
This performance should have won Gillian Anderson the Oscar. The entire movie is like watching a beautiful painting come to life.
Yoon Min C. gave it a 9:
As an adaptation of a Wharton novel, House of Mirth takes an opposite approach to Scorsese's Age of Innocence. If Scorsese couldn't resisting glorifying(thru visual fascination)the very world Wharton was dissecting, House of Mirth takes a more down-to-earth, even plain look at this world of high society. Perhaps this is partly due to a smaller budget, but I feel this movie achieves something closer to Wharton's spirit whereas Scorsese's all-too-reverent adaptation resembles a glossy museum piece. The world portrayed in this movie is highly refined and genteel but also highly deceptive and a ruthless cardgame of facades. The heroine of the movie, bred and expected to succeed in this world, never understands the nature of the gamble or the stakes involved, and the movie slowly, achingly slides into muted tragedy. Great acting all around except by Dan Ackroyd whose villainous growls are saturday cartoon material.
Marina G. gave it a 7:
Anderson proves herself to be an exceptional actress, but the film is extremely dull despite the great acting.
Ruthanne gave it a 9:
It's a little hard to get into, but once you are into it, it is a brilliant film. Gillian Anderson was very good in that role.
Andrea H. gave it a 10:
I read this book years ago, even before becoming a huge Gillian Anderson fan. The book became my favorite and when I heard Gillian was doing the movie...I was in heaven. This movie is amazing. You may think it's dull at parts but you can't finish it and deny that Gillian is not absolutely wonderful as Lily. I love her...I love it! Watch it...or I'll kill you all. : )

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