| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"Definitely fair to look at, but not as frisky as it should be." more... |
B- |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...a toothlessly pleasant bit of period tosh." more... |
C |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"Some of the film's best moments come when characters administer verbal flayings to one another." more... |
A |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...a lusciously entertaining film..." more... |
A- |
| E! Online |
"...like a lovingly illustrated CliffsNotes for the book..." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"... a decently-acted and good looking film that's worth your time and money." more... |
A- |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"Solid interpretation of Thackeray's beloved novel..." more... |
B+ |
New York Post
Megan Lehmann |
"...an exuberantly colorful palette and a subtly modern sensibility." more... |
B- |
New York Times
Stephen Holden |
"In mixing satire and romance, the movie proves once again that the two are about as compatible as lemon juice and heavy cream." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...suffers from choppiness and a sense that too much is being crammed into the two-hour twenty-minute running time." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"A lot of things happen, all of it fairly absorbing, some of it rendered vividly." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"Witherspoon is terrific." more... |
B |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"A lot of the nuance, subtlety and intricacy of the classic novel is lost in trying to whittle it down to a two-hour format." more... |
C+ |
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