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Dominican Rep. The Portrait of a Lady
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Drama
Isabel Archer, an American heiress and free thinker travels to Europe to find herself. She tactfully rebuffs the advances of Caspar Goodwood, another American who has followed her to England. Her cousin, Ralph Touchett, wise but sickly becomes a soulmate of sorts for her. She makes an unfortunate alliance with the creepy Madame Merle who leads her to make an even more unfortunate alliance with Gilbert Osmond, a smooth but cold collector ... [+]
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"I think if you care for James, you must see it. It is not an adaptation but an interpretation" | POS |
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United States |
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"A literary adaptation of exceeding intelligence, beauty and concentrated artistry, but one that remains emotionally remote and perhaps unavoidably problematic dramatically." | NEU |
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United States |
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"A fascinating portrait not only of a lady, but of the society and marriage that entrap, then attempt to destroy, her." | POS |
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United States |
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"Intelligent but exasperating, its monotonous tone will wear down even viewers who started out in its corner." | NEU |
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United States |
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"Brilliantly eccentric even when it yields mixed results" | POS |
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United States |
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"The Portrait of a Lady is a huge disappointment. It's a deliberately arty, overly formal exercise in emotional terrorism." | NEU |
United Kingdom |
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"Remote, murky and interminable" | NEG |
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