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12/30/06
The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:9
Rotten:51
Average Rating:3.7/10
Consensus: A film about court intrigue, The Affair of the Necklace turns out to be more dull than juicy. Swank seems flat and miscast in the central role of Jeanne.
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: This tale of intrigue and corruption is based on a true account of 18th Century French noblewoman Jeanne de la Motte-Valois (played by Oscar-winner Hilary Swank), whose family has been dispossessed... [More]
Starring: Hilary Swank, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Charles Shyer
Reviews for The Affair of the Necklace
Top CriticWhile director Charles Shyer ... may have succeeded in creating an appropriate environment for all this skulduggery, he does so at the expense of coherent storytelling and drama.
01/10/02
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01/22/02
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06/24/06
Top CriticHilary Swank and Simon Baker make an especially attractive couple who have several electrifying moments onscreen.
12/24/01
The Affair of the Necklace is no paperback romance or swashbuckler it at first appears to be, but rather the remarkable odyssey of a young woman who lived to tell her amazing story herself.
11/29/01
Top CriticAs a history lesson, the movie is entertaining enough, but at times you long to get out of Versailles and join the rabble in Paris.
11/21/01
Top CriticThe Affair of the Necklace has costume-drama snob appeal in spades, 'tis true, but this is pure bodice-ripper romance, done up right.
11/30/01
The result is a mess, but a fairly enjoyable one, with some gorgeous period detail.
12/25/01
Beautifully acted and mounted.
12/01/01
Top CriticI'm sure that it's sort of a 'Fractured Fairy Tale' version of the real events that happened, but the fact that it was inspired by real-life events made me enjoy it all the more.
12/03/01
It may not be Dangerous Liaisons, but it's a rendezvous that's largely worth risking.
11/29/01
While this fact-challenged period piece has all the glam of a good costume drama (think Amadeus), there's nothing underneath the corsets.
11/30/01
Top CriticThe Affair of the Necklace drags and meanders when it wants clarity and clockwork, and bogs down in hazy, vague emotions.
11/29/01
Top CriticSwank's honest mistake is in trying to be worthy of a project that's beneath her.
02/01/05
This is a good example of what can happen when a bunch of grownup humans who really ought to know better get funny ideas about art.
11/30/01
Sadly, Oscar-winner Swank is completely miscast and seems every bit a 20th-century woman, even in a corset and silly wig.
12/25/01
Feels like it's been Clintonized in order to achieve some degree of non-Gallic interest.
11/30/01
Oddly cast and ploddingly executed.
12/04/01
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