A Good Woman (2005)
39 %
Reviews Counted: 77 Fresh: 30 Rotten:47 Average Rating: 5.4/10
Consensus:
This adaptation of Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan lacks bite due to liberties taken with the source material, coupled with uneven performances.
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 3, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $97,060
Synopsis: Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson fight over the same rich young man in this sumptuously elegant and loose adaptation of Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. The setting for the action is moved from Victorian England's parlors to Italy's gorgeous Amalfi coast in the early 1930's. A... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Moore, Stephen Campbell Moore
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Sermonizes in the manner Wilde satirized; the movie bends over backwards to assure the audience that marriage and monogamy, the butt of jokes throughout, are just and right.
02/22/07
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12/30/06
If you enjoy the charming wit of films such as An Ideal Husband or Enchanted April, you'll probably be Wilde about A Good Woman.
09/22/06
There's only one thing worse than being a period piece, and that's being an out-of-period piece.
08/23/06
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06/24/06
Hunt, grievously miscast as the worldly Mrs. Erlynne...ends up looking like a once-fresh teenager, beaten down by the years, playacting in Mommy's oversized threads on a rainy day.
02/27/06
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A bit of a muddle at the ending, but the performances are pleasant (Tom Wilkinson is outstanding) and the humour is quick and subversive.
02/17/06
Top Critic
While this film is certainly not a painful experience, it is certainly not up to the brilliance of Oscar Wilde's intent and voice.
02/17/06
With its jellyfish direction, A Good Woman throws its actors overboard to see if they can swim.
02/11/06
It's (Tom) Wilkinson who really saves the movie. His acting is always outstanding --- he makes it appear so effortless.
02/08/06
The working title for this film might have been 'Bartlett's Familiar Quotations as Spoken by Brits in Italy'.
02/08/06
It's brief, frivolous, and extremely entertaining even as some of it seems forced, and the film lacks the elegance of Wilde's wordplay.
02/05/06
The famous Oscar Wilde wit tempered with gorgeous Italian sunsets. You could do worse.
02/04/06
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