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  • 2001
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 58 m

Summary A romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal Family during the late 18th Century. The story of her fight to restore her name and proper place in society is filled with mystery, intrigue and desire, with an infamous diamond necklace at the cen...

Directed By: Charles Shyer

Written By: John Sweet

  • 2001
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 58 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Warner Bros.
  • 1 h 58 m

The Affair of the Necklace

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
42
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary A romantic drama based on the controversial true story of Jeanne De La Motte Valois, a countess whose name was stripped from her by the Royal Family during the late 18th Century. The story of her fight to restore her name and proper place in society is filled with mystery, intrigue and desire, with an infamous diamond necklace at the cen...

Directed By: Charles Shyer

Written By: John Sweet

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
42
18% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
14 Reviews
18% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 22 Critic Reviews
42
18% Positive
4 Reviews
64% Mixed
14 Reviews
18% Negative
4 Reviews

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70
You may not be able to follow the overall arc of their scheming, but scene by scene they are a delightful crew, hissing away behind their cloaks and fans.
By Richard Schickel FULL REVIEW
58
The affair of the necklace itself is so complex and many-sided that it would take a Sidney Lumet to do justice to it on film.
By William Arnold FULL REVIEW
50
Nobody seems to know quite what he's doing in this opulent but fairly empty period fashion show, apart from campy overactors like Christopher Walken and Jonathan Pryce who appear eager to fill the voids left by their colleagues.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
50
Slipshod rather than sly. There's no fury to the movie, repressed or otherwise, which may be why when the Revolution arrives, it has all the impact of a guillotine with a deadly dull blade.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
50
Plays like the cinematic equivalent of a paperback bodice- ripper with embossed type.
By Edward Guthmann FULL REVIEW
38
Larceny at its most labored.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
20
A staggeringly misguided stab at making the past come alive by people who have absolutely no feel for period filmmaking. Banal at best and laughable at worst.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW

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5.0
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71% Mixed
5 Ratings
14% Negative
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14% Positive
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71% Mixed
5 Ratings
14% Negative
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Production Company Alcon Entertainment
Release Date Nov 30, 2001
Duration 1 h 58 m
Rating R
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Tagline This summer, one woman wins.....
Website http://www.affairofthenecklace.com/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Premio Berenice
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination

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