The Beguiled

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The Beguiled

R

1971

1h 49m

History

Drama

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Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

06/26/2017

The story may sometimes come off as a ribald soldiers' tale that Siegel ... had been awaiting a sexual revolution to tell; still, his intense, intelligent breakdown of the film's wild outbursts reveals subtleties of love, despair, and shame ...

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

06/08/2017

A rather daring experiment in subverting audience empathy - almost an art-house 'I Spit On Your Grave,' in which the assault/revenge elements that may satisfy one half of the audience will probably piss off the other, and then vice versa.

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Rob Gonsalves

Rob's Movie Vault

11/29/2022

B+

It has an eerie power and unsettling Gothic gloom that keep it riveting until the finish.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

03/23/2022

3/4

The filmmaking and sheer oddity of everything onscreen remain compulsively watchable.

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James Clay

Fresh Fiction

11/19/2020

A-

THE BEGUILED is an excellent film and surprisingly weird in the ways that provoke thought about sexual repression and the mental effects of war on the front lines and those shielded from society.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

11/14/2020

3.5/4

Its status as one of Eastwood's most intriguing works remains undisturbed.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Jul 21

Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Blobbo X

@Blobbo May 22

Nicely done variation on the theme of the traveling salesman and the farmer and his 3 daughters.

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JASON H

@RT56356119 01/26/2025

Besides one weird scene at the very beginning of the movie which I guess understanding the era it takes place in I'd say a pretty solid film.

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Alec B

@Alec97 01/03/2024

At first glance, its easy to see why both Siegel and Eastwood were attracted to the material but the final product is quite unique in both of their filmographies. It's a melodrama and also a sexual thriller but one that's ultimately focused on fantasy/memory. I can see why it bombed, by the bleak ending the movie has alienated just about every potential mainstream audience member.

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Tera K

@RT50822704 08/13/2023

This is one of my favorite films of all time! It's perfect in every way, the performances are great and it's just so much fun!

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Logan M

@RT24272249 06/03/2023

One of the oddest and most disturbing films Eastwood has ever made. Also one of the best.

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Synopsis

Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.

Director: Don Siegel
Producer: Don Siegel
Screenwriter: Albert Maltz, Irene Kamp
Production Co: Malpaso Company
Rating: R
Genre: History, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 31, 1971, Original
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Runtime: 1h 49m