Vanity Fair
On September 1st, a heroine will rise.
On September 1st, a heroine will rise.
Drama, Romance
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2004
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Beautiful, funny, passionate, and calculating, Becky is the orphaned daughter of a starving English artist and a French chorus girl. She yearns for a more glamorous life than her birthright promises and resolves to conquer English society by any means possible. A mere ascension into the heights of society is simply not enough. So Becky finds a patron in the powerful Marquess of Steyne whose whims enable Becky to realise her dreams. But is the ultimate cost too high for her?
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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
141 min
Release date:
1 Sep 2004
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English, French, German
Budget:
$23,000,000
Revenue:
$16,123,851
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
There is no depth beneath its bright surfaces, no potent emotional undercurrents.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
3 Sep 2004
fresh:
Witherspoon moves director Mira Nair's version of Thackeray's social satire forward at a good clip, making Becky's rising and falling fortunes an intensely watchable spectator sport.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
3 Sep 2004
rotten:
Scene by scene and moment to moment, it's a woeful misreading of the book.
– Charles Taylor,
Salon.com,
4 Sep 2004
rotten:
A less than absorbing adaptation of Thackeray's sprawling but sharp-witted classic.
– Andrew Sarris,
New York Observer,
10 Sep 2004
rotten:
It's lavish but lulling, and at two hours and 18 minutes, it's something of a bore.
– Rex Reed,
New York Observer,
10 Sep 2004