The Beguiled

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The Beguiled

Original title: The Beguiled
Year: 2017
Running time: 91 min.
Country: United States
Director: Sofia Coppola
Screenwriter: Sofia Coppola (Novel: Thomas Cullinan)
Music: Phoenix
Cinematography: Philippe Le Sourd
Cast: Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice, Addison Riecke, Wayne Pére, Emma Howard, Matt Story
Producer: American Zoetrope / FR Productions
Genre: Drama | Romantic Drama. Costume Drama. 19th Century. American Civil War
Synopsis / Plot: Year 1864. While imprisoned in a Confederate girls' boarding school in Virginia, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women's hearts, causing them to turn on each other.

Awards: 2017: Cannes Film Festival: Best Direction

2017: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Costume Design

Critics' reviews

"Pulp made tasteful and flavorless (...) 'Gripping' yet overwrought, and it basically has the plot of a porn film (...) [Coppola] has made the material 'subtler', but in the process she has amputated its essential charge."

Owen Gleiberman: Variety
"'The Beguiled' is a respectable but pallid redo of a hothouse Civil War melodrama made with much more flair and power by Don Siegel"

Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter
"A richly satisfying piece of subtle reinvention. It’s a hoot, to be sure, but it doesn’t try too hard to be a hoot; instead, it’s an austere and moody bit of Southern Gothic-ish suspense"

Steve Pond: The Wrap
"The mustiest and most conventionally entertaining film of Coppola’s brilliant career (...) Coppola is going to get credit for how funny she can be"

David Ehrlich: IndieWire
"Coppola’s version abounds in pleasures (...) Kidman is terrific (...) But the MVP may well be Dunst (...) Best of all is how 'The Beguiled' looks and sounds"

Jessica Kiang: The Playlist
"Coppola tells the story with terrific gusto and insouciant wit (...) It is a tremendously watchable movie, a drama-thriller with subtle touches of noir and black comedy (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

Peter Bradshaw: The Guardian
"Sofia Coppola's worst work (...) This film is empty and vacuous with nothing new to say (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

Kaleem Aftab: The Independent
"[A] modest but supremely immersive and thought-provoking Civil War drama (...) Led by superb performances (...) The film has a palpable contemporary resonance"

Tim Grierson: Screendaily

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