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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

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
2/5		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 30 2006 07:07 AM	Empire Magazine
N/R	Geoff Andrew	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 04:10 AM	Time Out
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 22 2002 08:11 AM	Guardian [UK]
2/5	Danny Graydon	While 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. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 10 2002 08:12 AM	BBC
N/R	Todd McCarthy	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 17 2009 03:15 AM	Variety
1/5	Emanuel Levy	Much of the dramatic juice and intrigue have been drained out of this old-fashioned costume drama, that in the hands of director Charles Shyer and actress Hilary Swank becomes stiff, stuffy, and banal affair. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 01 2005 01:17 PM	EmanuelLevy.Com
	Alan Dale	Swank's honest mistake is in trying to be worthy of a project that's beneath her. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 01 2005 12:25 PM	Blogcritics.org
1.5/4	Jim Shelby	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 20 2003 05:11 PM	Palo Alto Weekly
N/R	Marjorie Baumgarten	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 10 2003 08:32 AM	Austin Chronicle
C-	Dennis Schwartz	I felt as if I was at an Yves St. Laurent fashion show and the actors were modeling the latest in 18th-century fashions. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 22 2003 12:35 PM	Ozus' World Movie Reviews
	Ella Taylor	Jeanne is no fun at all. Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 02 2002 05:14 PM	L.A. Weekly
N/R	Urban Cinefile Critics	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 20 2002 08:18 AM	Urban Cinefile
1/5	Greg Muskewitz	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Sep., 09 2002 07:14 PM	eFilmCritic.com
N/R	Robert Denerstein	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 09 2002 08:17 AM	Denver Rocky Mountain News
2.5/5	Ted Murphy	... takes a fascinating footnote and reduces it to a mediocre and fitfully entertaining film. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 05 2002 09:00 PM	Baseline.Hollywood.com
D+	Jason Clark	A crass, often ridiculously misguided period drama that spells everything out in nice, big block letters so even a small child could comprehend it. Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 26 2002 10:05 PM	Matinee Magazine
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 24 2002 08:12 AM	Boston Phoenix
1.5/4	Rick Groen	A cheap bauble of a flick. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 22 2002 08:12 AM	Globe and Mail
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 15 2002 08:13 AM	St. Louis Post-Dispatch
	Lawrence Toppman	The kind of movie made bearable only by uttering snide comments to a friend. Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 15 2002 08:01 PM	Charlotte Observer

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