The Beguiled

Name: The Beguiled
Genre: Drama
Released: June 23, 2017
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Addison Riecke, Angourie Rice, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning, Emma Howard

2017

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 23, 2017 | R

Starring: Addison Riecke, Angourie Rice, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning, Emma Howard, Kirsten Dunst, Matt Story, Nicole Kidman, Oona Laurence, Wayne Pére

Summary: The story unfolds during the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. Its sheltered young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Director: Sofia Coppola

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 93 min

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Jane Crowther

Jul 10, 2017

Witty, menacing and steamy (in every sense), The Beguiled is an intelligent update and Coppola’s best work to date. Oscars await. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Jun 21, 2017

Coppola’s a master at taking something that could be portentous and rendering it delicate, thereby reclaiming its depth. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Jun 29, 2017

The 1971 version of The Beguiled was blunt and overheated and a little bit nuts. The 2017 edition is more sophisticated and nuanced — but it’s still a little bit nuts. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

May 24, 2017

It’s every inch a group achievement, and the film’s best scenes are its ensemble ones: prayers before bedtime, musical recitals, meals by candlelight. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

Jun 29, 2017

On its own terms, The Beguiled is a finely crafted, gemlike exercise in surface tension and subterranean stirrings. Seen through the prism of history and culture, it’s difficult not to feel that some essential truth has been lost in translation. Read full review

The Playlist Jessica Kiang

May 24, 2017

The Beguiled only ever lets its freak flag fly at half mast, and until the end where some very enjoyable archness is allowed to creep in, this Southern Gothic tale of female sexual jealousy feels surprisingly dated. Read full review

Anthony Lane

Jun 19, 2017

There is barely a graceless frame in the whole affair. Read full review

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GinaK

Jul 5, 2017

This film is not for everyone. It is subtle and requires attention, but if you can give the film that, the experience is very rewarding. I guess you’d have to say it is a typical Sofia Coppola film such as Lost in Translation and The Bling Ring. Another problem is the misleading trailer.This film is not for everyone. It is subtle and requires attention, but if you can give the film that, the experience is very rewarding. I guess you’d have to say it is a typical Sofia Coppola film such as Lost in Translation and The Bling Ring. Another problem is the misleading trailer. What happens to the wounded soldier at the hands of Nicole Kidman is not as sensational as the trailer implies and has nothing directly to do with castration. Within the immediate events of the film, it makes perfect sense, although what is going on underneath is another matter. The cast is wonderful, especially Colin Farrell, Kidman, and Kirsten Dunst. This is a great film, although I am not sure yet if it is a classic, but certainly Coppola deserved her Best Director award at Cannes.… Expand

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BrianMcCritic

Jun 30, 2017

This is an extremely well made film that creates a really engrossing environment with well defined characters. Won't be for everybody like much of Sofia Coppola's films, but I appreciated it. A-

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sachineldho

Dec 24, 2019

The remake couldn't live up to the expectations of the original. The Beguiled (1971) is honestly brutal and intense while its remake is not.

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

DirigiblePulp

Jul 8, 2017

This is exactly what you would expect the Sofia Coppola version of this film to be. On the one hand, it could have been an interesting take on the original. That version was a bit campy and overheated, its emotions and intentions written all over each scene. What if those were scaled backThis is exactly what you would expect the Sofia Coppola version of this film to be. On the one hand, it could have been an interesting take on the original. That version was a bit campy and overheated, its emotions and intentions written all over each scene. What if those were scaled back and we were left with simmering emotions and gentle backstabbing and mysterious intentions? A story that captures the politeness of the south and the demureness of the times but with this unmistakable sexual tension underlying everything. It could work.

But it doesn't, not really. Characters feel half-realized, somehow holding back their emotions results in ciphers whose actions seem to take on even more of a plot-forward agency than before. Specific actions happen seemingly at random, rather than being the result of a perfectly cooked setup that boils over. It's all a bit too laconic and Coppola doesn't find a way (like she has in her other films) to make the undercurrents the main current, the repressions the inevitable explosions. It just feels empty. A fashion show with low-light natural lighting and an occasional misplaced feeling of dread.… Expand

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amheretojudge

Sep 17, 2018

as much as smaller it gets..

The Beguiled The Beguiled is a character driven drama about an all-girls school that struggles vigorously after a wounded man arrives knocking on the door. Coppola's world in here is brimmed with all the negative emotions i.e. from jealousy to betrayal, andas much as smaller it gets..

The Beguiled

The Beguiled is a character driven drama about an all-girls school that struggles vigorously after a wounded man arrives knocking on the door. Coppola's world in here is brimmed with all the negative emotions i.e. from jealousy to betrayal, and this factors in majorly on latter stages, when an innocently brewd poignancy barges in amidst all the hatred and elevates the tale into a whole new level. Addition to that, the subjective procedure that it follows isn't rudimentary but fresh with a newer structure and with unseen stakes that communicates to a point where the audience wishes to move the puzzles but in the end is inevitable. And this is where Coppola's experience paint in those bright colors that fiddles with viewers' emotions. The credit goes to stellar performances too, that helps express these concept on screen. The background score barely factors in but cinematography and editing is decent enough to make it work. The adaptation is gripping and smart that consumes each characters' perspective in, within 90 minutes of runtime. Farrell's character stands out alone and so does his performance along with Kidman's edgy and darker portrayal whilst Dunst's a bit mellower one. The primary reason why it is scary at times is that it barely offers in any outside help to the characters, the bubble gets evil as much as smaller it gets. Draining down all the possibilities takes most of the time on the screen, in order to reach into a non-feasible narrower last act which is disappointing as much as pathos it is. The emotions iterated in each characters and early humorous acts and gripping tight screenplay are the high points of the feature. The Beguiled is not Coppola's best trick but it certainly is far better than its previous one and progress is always appreciative.… Expand

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RooneyRebert

Jul 1, 2017

While the exterior shots were lovely, this movie was exceptionally dull and not very steamy. There were some amusing moments, but I was glad for it to end. And those exterior shots that were supposedly in Virginia? No. Clearly not Virginia, but southern Louisiana. The best part by far:While the exterior shots were lovely, this movie was exceptionally dull and not very steamy. There were some amusing moments, but I was glad for it to end. And those exterior shots that were supposedly in Virginia? No. Clearly not Virginia, but southern Louisiana. The best part by far: cuddling with my guy.… Expand

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titmo71

Jun 30, 2017

This movie just flat out sucks. I wish I could have my hour and a half of life back that I wasted watching this boring, pointless garbage. There isn't that much more to say about it except, stay away, far, far, away.

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