Rotten
Jeanne is no fun at all.
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
The Affair of the Necklace
Her birthright was stolen. Her dignity taken. Her rights denied. Deception was the only option.
2001 · 1h 58m · R
Drama, History, Romance
Directed by
Charles Shyer
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The Affair of the Necklace
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Charles Shyer Director
- Hilary Swank as Jeanne St. Remy de Valois
- Jonathan Pryce as Cardinal Louis de Rohan
- Simon Baker as Rétaux de Vilette
- Adrien Brody as Count Nicolas De La Motte
- Brian Cox as Minister Breteuil
- Joely Richardson as Marie-Antoinette
- Christopher Walken as Count Cagliostro
- Hayden Panettiere as Young Jeanne
- Simon Kunz as Minister of Titles
- Kristina Bill Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
15%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A cheap bauble of a flick.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Rotten
The film has a desperate, disjointed feel that suggests the filmmakers realized it wasn't working and kept trying, ineffectually, to fix it.
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
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
Rotten
Shyer's film denies us the double dip of vice and virtue. It's moralistic.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
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