SummaryThe twenties have roared... the thirties have yet to swing. John Whittaker, a young Englishman, falls madly in love with Larita, a sexy and glamorous American woman, and they marry impetuously. However when the couple returns to the family home, his mother Mrs. Whittaker has an instant allergic reaction to her new daughter?in?law. Larita tries he... Read More
Directed By:Stephan Elliott
Written By:Stephan Elliott, Sheridan Jobbins, Noël Coward
Easy Virtue
Metascore
Mixed or Average
58
User score
Generally Favorable
7.1
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
42% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
50% Mixed
13 Reviews
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8% Negative
2 Reviews
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80
In its cold-eyed assessment of the English aristocracy Easy Virtue has none of the lurking Anglophilia found in Merchant-Ivory movies.
80
Jessica Biel has great fun with the American adventuress, while Kristin Scott Thomas is truly scary as her nemesis and mother-in-law.
User score
Generally Favorable
50% Positive
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
44% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
6% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
Jun 26, 2011
8
Really good movie. Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas are incredible, Jessica Biel is pretty good too. The story was simple but great with some incredibly funny moments.
75
Director Stephan Elliott uncorks a rare vintage of laughs tinged with heartache.
58
Easy Virtue has aspirations to be much more than a comedy. It wants to flay, if only with a penknife, the entire British class system.
50
If you're looking for a simple-minded farce with campy overtones, this 2008 feature might be your dish.
50
We could all use a little more Noel Coward in our lives. But the fizz falls flat in Stephan Elliot's adaptation of a lesser-known play, which, while blithe enough, has little spirit to speak of.
38
A crass, heavy- handed and -- most unforgivably -- largely laugh-free adaptation of The Master's infrequently revived 1924 comic melodrama.
Production Company:
- Ealing Studios
- Fragile Films
- Endgame Entertainment
- BBC Film
- Hindsight Media
- Joe Abrams Productions
- Odyssey Entertainment
- Prescience Production Partnerships
Release Date:May 22, 2009
Duration:1 h 37 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Let's Misbehave!
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Awards
Sannio FilmFest
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Newport Beach Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
London Critics Circle Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
