In pre-Revolutionary France, a young aristocratic woman left penniless by the political unrest in the country, must avenge her family's fall from grace by scheming to steal a priceless necklace.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Shyer's film denies us the double dip of vice and virtue. It's moralistic.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
25 Dec 2001
rotten:
The entire film seems a series of disjointed pieces, a screenful of iron filings waiting in vain for the magnet that will line them up in a unified field.
– Jay Carr,
Boston Globe,
26 Dec 2001
rotten:
The film has a desperate, disjointed feel that suggests the filmmakers realized it wasn't working and kept trying, ineffectually, to fix it.