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Purely Joyful Movie!

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

The book is a masterpiece and this adaptation is almost up to that level, just as richly told and emotional. It is not the kind of adaptation that will suck people in straightaway but the slow pace and how subtle a lot of aspects are actually add to the storytelling rather than distract and shouldn't be reasons to dismiss it. While I can understand completely why not everybody will like The House of Mirth some of how the detractors express their opinion reek of ignorance, like with the I'm-right-you're-wrong attitude. The House of Mirth does have a slow start and Eric Stoltz's performance can seem rather lightweight for such a complex character, though he is not without his affecting moments. The casting does have the "is this going to work" thought initially but the performances come across really well. Laura Linney sinks her teeth into her role and is suitably bitter, Eleanor Bron is formidable, Dan Aykroyd also comes across surprisingly well in a menacing and cunning turn and Jodhi May is charming and sympathetic. Terry Kinney, Anthony LaPaglia, Penny Downie and Elizabeth McGovern are also very good. The best of the lot is Gillian Anderson, whose performance is magnetic and truly heartfelt, her last scene with Stoltz is just heart-wrenching. The House of Mirth is shot very elegantly and the whole adaptation's period detail looks gorgeous. The lack of music is a good choice, allowing the intimate, understated atmosphere of the storytelling speak for itself. The dialogue is distinctively Edwardian and very literate without being stilted, how it's adapted is very thoughtfully done and any observations of the attitudes and classes of the time are sharply done. The story takes its time to unfold which is not a bad thing, period dramas often benefit from this especially when it's adapted from complex source material, and thankfully this deliberate pacing is not done in a self-indulgent way. Narratively The House of Mirth is incredibly touching and rich in theme and character, allowing you to identify with the characters(written and characterised believably) and with the interactions and the emotion it always maintained my interest. The direction is very intelligent and subtle. All in all, a truly beautiful adaptation. 9/10 Bethany Cox

"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." - Ecclesiastes 7:4 One of Terence Davies' weaker films, "House of Mirth" is an intermittently interesting tale starring Gillian Anderson as Lily, a late 19th century socialite who finds herself slipping down the rungs of New York's leisure class.Much of the film watches as Lily degenerates from a dazzling socialite, sharp-witted and beautiful, to a social outcast and impoverished spinster. Left without money, Lily is forced to "associate" with various unscrupulous individuals, all in order to pay her bills and maintain her expensive lifestyle. But it's a futile endeavour. Trapped in a vicious cycle, the more Lily fights to escape her debts, the more she incurs debts, the more she is subject to slander/gossip, the more she is pushed back down the social hierarchy. Wealth and status, then, is oft a fickle thing that comes at a price. Elsewhere Lily's forced to turn her back to lovers (and private passions) in favour for financially advantageous marriages and/or relationships.Davies direction is dry and stuffy, his cinematography poor and his film as a whole more radio play than cinema. Some of Davies' visuals recall the work of such Edwardian painters as John Sargent and Carolus-Duran, only less inspired. Most of his actors are miscast, especially Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd and Anthony LaPaglia. Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons" seems to be an influence. The film at times tops best-of-the-decade polls, but to my eyes suffers when compared to other "auteur" period pieces (particularly those by Visconti, Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, Powell/Pressburger, Rossellini, even Ivory and Scorsese).The film was based on an Edith Wharton novel, to which Davies is mostly faithful. He removes some of Lily's associations with the working class, keeps Lily's tragic ending, and, though the film is filled with vicious, conspiring men and women of power, never questions why we should be rooting for Lily to regain her status in genteel society. The film's acting has been praised, but this is TV level Edwardian drama, mannered diction mistaken for historical authenticity and/or "good acting". The exquisite, razor sharp conversations of Wharton have been preserved, but perhaps should have been ejected completely. Better to keep things visual. If not, go the Hawks root, and fire dialogue like a machine gun. Davies film is too slack, and spends much of its time repeating the same motions.7.5/10 – Worth one viewing.

If ever there was a flick calculated to annoy and depress,this is it.Short on dialogue and long on "funereal" settings,House of Mirth is anything but. Not that I expected a cackle-fest! Best acting can be blamed on Dan Ackroyd though.I thought things were warming up when he appeared.No such luck. I really would have liked the pretentious heroine to have become,a scheming blackmailer,rich,beyond her wildest dreams and the toast of New York!But it was not to be.She was,in her own word,useless.Without any ability to marshal resources offered by friends,this lass's fate was sealed. To all 21st century young ladies who now think a "kick*ss" attitude will get them through life-beware,take heed of Lillie's fate.

This was the absolute *Worst* movie I've ever watched. Yes, the scenery was nice, the costuming was fairly good, and the story line may have been a realistic portrayal of the powerlessness of women in that time period. However, the movie was not quite as exciting as watching paint dry, and significantly more depressing. Sooooo terribly Boring! And did I mention, depressing? How about depressingly boring? Imagine something like a root canal, without the fun and excitement, but lasting for hours on end. I couldn't muster the willpower to care about the characters, hoping that somehow the plot would lead *somewhere* - but it didn't. Last but not least, let's face it, the accents didn't cut the mustard. If you consider "Jane Eyre" to be an edge-of-your-seat action/adventure novel that you just couldn't put down, then this movie is for you! Everyone else, *please* do yourself a favor - don't watch this movie! If you ignore my review and watch it anyway, and if you have the fortitude to stay awake to the end, and if you manage not to hang or eviscerate yourself out of sheer depression, you will still curse yourself for not heeding this warning and wasting almost 2 & 1/2 hours of your life!