| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...a handsome historical film, impeccably mounted, gowned, wigged and feathered..." more... |
A- |
E! Online
Dezhda Gaubert |
"...we see more of her (Knightley's) boudoir than her brain, the main downfall of this no-expense-spared lavish period piece." more... |
C+ |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"Fiennes... develops a beautiful, wordless vocabulary of hurt, frustration, sadism, lust, discomfort, arrogance, remorse, and unanalyzed pain for his Duke." more... |
B |
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell |
"...exquisite..." more... |
B+ |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
"(Fiennes gives) a quietly complex performance almost beyond words, and it overshadows all the gorgeous pictures that are its elegant frame." more... |
B |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"Everything is predictable three scenes in advance, and it's all stale, stuck, stolid." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...an overstuffed, intellectually underbaked portrait of a poor little rich girl..." more... |
C |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"It has impeccable production values but feels like a Masterpiece Theater production of a Harlequin romance novel." more... |
C |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"It's Knightley who makes The Duchess a royal treat." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Paula Nechak |
"Provided you don't take it seriously, it makes for an addictively entertaining diversion..." more... |
B- |
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