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The Wings of the Dove

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The Wings of the Dove (1997)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:23

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack... A social-climbing young woman gains a foothold in the late Victorian upper crust by virtue of her wealthy and cultured aunt's social connections, but finds marriage to her true love, a poor hack journalist, incompatible with her new station. She cooks up a plan to use her lover to bilk a guileless and fabulously wealthy American woman of her considerable fortune, but putting the scheme into action sparks painful conflicting emotions. A sleek adaptation of the eponymous Henry James novel, with the source material's bitterness tempered by a more sympathetic characterization of its heroine. [More]

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling

Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Linus Roache, Alison Elliott, Charlotte Rampling, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Gambon, Alex Jennings, Ben Miles, Philip Wright, Alexander John, Shirley Chantrell, Diana Kent, Georgio Serafini, Rachele Crisafulli

Director: Iain Softley

Director: Iain Softley
Producer: Stephen Evans, David Parfitt
Screenwriter: Hossein Amini
Story: Henry James
Composer: Ed Shearmur

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The problem is this: We're given no reason to care about these two yearning hearts. Our only evidence of their love is a garish display of hormones.

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Visually stunning? Absolutely! But I found the film's plodding pace relentlessly annoying.

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This compelling drama reveals the havoc wrought by those who try to control other people's lives.

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