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Portrait of A Lady, The
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Based on 17 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Art/Independent | Drama | Foreign | Romance
Written by:
Laura Jones
Henry James (novel)
Directed by: Jane Campion
Release Date:
Theatrical: December 24, 1996
DVD: November 19, 1997
Running Time: 142 minutes, Color
Origin: UK / USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for mature sensuality and some brief nudity
Starring Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelley Winters, Richard E. Grant, Christian Bale, Viggo Mortensen, and Shelley Duvall
Isabel Archer (Kidman), a head strong American finds herself trapped in a marriage to Gilbert Osmond (Malkovich).
What The Critics Said
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
I think if you care for James, you must see it. It is not an adaptation but an interpretation.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
A splendid adaptation that will be hard for the others to match. The Portrait of a Lady, directed by Jane Campion, brings intelligence and sensitivity to a story rich in psychological subtlety and sociological detail.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
A fascinating portrait not only of a lady, but of the society and marriage that entrap, then attempt to destroy, her.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
The Portrait of a Lady may not be up to this high standard, but it is never less than absorbing either.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
A literary adaptation of exceeding intelligence, beauty and concentrated artistry, but one that remains emotionally remote and perhaps unavoidably problematic dramatically.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan
With this bold stamp [director Jane Campion] lays claim to the story that follows as wholly her own.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Janet Maslin
Brilliantly eccentric even when it yields mixed results.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
In aiming for a new kind of lit-drama cool, Jane Campion freezes the warmth right out of Henry James' expansive heart.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
Jane Campion makes a beeline for the repressed sexuality, and loses the nuance. [17 Jan 1997]
USA Today Mike Clark
Intelligent but exasperating, its monotonous tone will wear down even viewers who started out in its corner. [27 Dec 1996]
Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern
Ms. Campion has shown a gift for pictorialism -- static pictorialism; she's not a fluid filmmaker - and an abiding fascination with sexual repression. She brings both to this long, slow, distanced version of the Henry James novel. [27 Dec 1996]
Washington Post Desson Howe
This picture is oddly un-charged, indistinct and even long-winded.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
The Portrait of a Lady is a huge disappointment. It's a deliberately arty, overly formal exercise in emotional terrorism.
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