SummaryAn intricately plotted tale of thwarted love and betrayal which tells the story of an extravagantly rich American widower (Nolte) and his sheltered daughter (Beckinsale), both of whom marry only to discover that their respective mates, a beautiful American expatriate and an impoverished Italian aristocrat (Thurman and Northam), are entangled with... Read More
Directed By:James Ivory
Written By:Henry James, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Golden Bowl
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
60% Positive
18 Reviews
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37% Mixed
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3% Negative
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Yet another Merchant Ivory triumph.
75
I admired this movie. It kept me at arm's length, but that is where I am supposed to be; the characters are after all at arm's length from each other, and the tragedy of the story is implied but never spoken aloud.
70
Worth the price of admission if only to see the slinky Thurman decked out in a form-fitting, sequined pre-flapper era outfit. The word stunning hardly does her justice.
67
There's no mirth, and precious little passion, left in this house.
60
This early-1900s costume drama surely differs from Henry James's source novel.
50
What is grating is the filmmakers' perennial tendency to underestimate their audiences; their lack of faith leads them to drive home each nuance with a hammer.
25
Takes a literary milestone of ambiguity and makes everything about it blisteringly obvious.
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Production Company:
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- TF1 International
- Miramax
Release Date:Apr 27, 2001
Duration:2 h 10 m
Rating:R
Awards
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
