Rotten
It suffers mightily from its deliberate pacing, pale characterizations, obvious plot and some woeful miscasting.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
The Golden Bowl
From the novel by Henry James
2000 · 2h 10m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
James Ivory
Overview
Wealthy American widower Adam Verver and his daughter Maggie live a refined life in Europe, surrounded by art. Maggie marries impoverished Italian Prince Amerigo, while Adam marries Maggie's friend Charlotte Stant. The Prince and Charlotte are having an affair, which Maggie discovers and navigates through a silent, psychological battle of wills, ultimately using her cunning to preserve her marriage and protect her father.
Director and cast
- James Ivory Director
- Kate Beckinsale as Maggie Verver
- Uma Thurman as Charlotte Stant
- Jeremy Northam as Prince Amerigo
- Nick Nolte as Adam Verver
- Anjelica Huston as Fanny Assingham
- James Fox as Colonel Bob Assingham
- Madeleine Potter as Lady Castledean
- Nicholas Day as Lord Castledean
- Peter Eyre as A.R. Jarvis, Shopkeeper
- Nickolas Grace as Lecturer
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
55%
Tomatometer
Fresh
coiled, nuanced, resonant tale.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Rotten
In this movie, all displays of passion feel like gaudy pantomime.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Rotten
It is beautifully, dramatically and grandly long, tedious, boring and slow.
Pam Sitt, Seattle Times
Rotten
Makes the viewer wish that Ivory had cast a more accomplished actress -- Kate Winslet, perhaps, or Cate Blanchett -- who could give dimension to the character and indicate subtext in a way that Thurman can't.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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