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The Beguiled

2017

Sofia Coppola

Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning ...

5.8

9,589

Drama 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.

	Author	Review
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"'The Beguiled' is a respectable but pallid redo of a hothouse Civil War melodrama made with much more flair and power by Don Siegel"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"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."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"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)"	POS
United Kingdom	Kaleem Aftab The Independent	"Sofia Coppola's worst work (...) This film is empty and vacuous with nothing new to say (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"[A] modest but supremely immersive and thought-provoking Civil War drama (...) Led by superb performances (...) The film has a palpable contemporary resonance"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"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"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The mustiest and most conventionally entertaining film of Coppola’s brilliant career (...) Coppola is going to get credit for how funny she can be"	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang The Playlist	"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"	POS

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