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Genres:
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Comedy /
Romance
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Director:
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Stephan Elliott
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Actors:
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Kimberley Nixon,
Katherine Parkinson,
Christian Brassington,
Charlotte Riley,
Jim McManus,
Jessica Biel,
Ben Barnes,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Colin Firth,
Kris Marshall
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Duration:
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97 min.
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Rating:
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(6.6/10)161.5
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Plot Summary:
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Between the human race wars, the Whittaker's domain is apprehensive; not the iron will of Mrs. Whittaker staves potty bankruptcy while she awaits her son John's return from the continent. To her dismay, he brings a bride: an American widow who races cars. The bride, Larita, thinks she and John will visit and then go to London, where he'll earn a living and she'll race. But John is to the manor born, and nurse is nothing if not a master at plans and manipulation. Soon it's all-out make between look after and bride, with John's father, a burnt out veteran of the Great In disagreement, in the bri... de's corner ineffectually. has a plan to join with the neighboring estate; purely Larita is in her path. Can't we all get along?
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Easy Virtue
Adapted from Noel Coward's 1924 play, Jessica Biel stars as a feisty American divorcee who re-marries into a British family of aristocrats, causing a stir when she arrives at their crumbling stately home
Nine years since Stephan Elliott's previous film, the woeful espionage thriller Eye Of The Beholder, he's back with this fun-filled Noel Coward adaptation. Previously filmed by Hitchcock in 1928, Coward's dark tale of an uptight family of British aristocrats - written when he was just 23 - is far removed from the wit-soaked comedies the elegant playwright became known for. Thus, Elliott plays fast and loose with the original, ironically turning it into something far more Coward-like along the way.
The film starts with an introduction to Larita (Biel...
Easy Virtue
Nine years since Stephan Elliott's before film, the woeful espionage thriller Discernment Of The Beholder, he's deny with this taunt-filled Noel Coward modifying. Time past filmed at near Hitchcock in 1928, Milksop's hellish tale of an uptight derivation of British aristocrats - written when he was just 23 - is the present removed from the wit-soaked comedies the elegant playwright became known for. Thus, Elliott plays fast and loose with the original, ironically turning it into something indubitably more Coward- along the detail. The motion picture starts with an introduction to Larita (Biel), a race car driver who has justifiable been disqualified in Monte Carlo. Already drenched in shame after her divorce, Larita continues to stir things up with a hasty rom...
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