A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
The acting is quite splendid, especially in the vicinity of the quite splendid Watts.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Dec 2006
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Exquisitely filmed and finely acted.
– Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
5 Jan 2007
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The movie makes for a good old-fashioned wide-screen wallow.
– David Edelstein,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
6 Jan 2007
fresh:
Sweeping vistas, period-piece sets, impeccable literary source, a little stolid at times, but ultimately quite impressive.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
8 Jan 2007
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The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights.