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A vibrant beauty and celebrity of her time is trapped in an unhappy triangle with her husband and his live-in mistress. She falls passionately in love with an ambitious young politician, and the affair causes a bitter conflict with her husband and threatens to erupt into a scandal.
| Genres: |
Art/Foreign, Drama, Adaptation and Biopic |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 45 min. |
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| Release Date: |
September 19th, 2008 (limited) |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG-13 for sexual content, brief nudity and thematic material. |
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| Distributors: |
Paramount Vantage
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$13,823,741 |
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| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade:
B-
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Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"...a handsome historical film, impeccably mounted, gowned, wigged and feathered..." more...
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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...
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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...
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B |
filmcritic.com, Sean O'Connell
"...exquisite..." more...
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B+ |
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