The Portrait of a Lady Reviews

Evaluating the movie as an adaptation of a remarkable novel: all of the actors in the major roles absolutely nailed their characters--most especially Malkovich, who embodied Osmond's slithery, astute, malevolent manipulativeness, and Hershey, who was able to make me understand Madame... Read more

This is another one of thoughs films that could have been great, but fails with a splotchy script, Bad casting(Exept Malkovitch) and bad direction. I would not watch it if your a Nicole Kidman fan eather, because she's the most miss... Read more

Two words : Nicole Kidman ! Do I need to say anything else ? Nicole Kidman has to be the most beautiful woman in the world. Nicole Nicole Nicole Nicole Nicole Nicole.... Read more

As a Nicole Kidman fan, I should be saying how wonderful this film is. But, this time, it's anything but. This film is incredibly boring, and the direction is quite poor. Most of the time, Kidman has good judgement when it... Read more

I usually enjoy period films, but this one is far the worst I've ever seen. I think it's because of Nicole Kidman. She doesn't carry this film well at all, so watching her suffer was quite boring to me. Though the... Read more

Given the tenor of some of the other reviews posted here, I should start by making the extent of my disagreements clear.First, this film is unquestionably Jane Campion's best work to date, and it represents, in particular, a significant advance... Read more

After her great success with "The Piano" director Jane Campions next project was yet another costume drama, "The Portrait of a Lady". Like all James' books it's highly complex, with many characters and many layers. A difficult task in itself, it... Read more

Watching Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady is kind of like watching a David Lynch movie: it may not always work, but it never ceases to be interesting. After winning an Oscar for writing The Piano and becoming only... Read more

I did not really like the movie, at first. Nice, okay, but that was all, I thought.. Meanwhile I read the novel, watched the film again and again... And I love it more and more! Okay, NOTHING compares to "The... Read more

i had a really hard time watching this movie. one watches in slow motion as isabel archer willingly throws herself into the arms of the evil desmond. but jane campion pulls it off, and brilliantly. the pacing, camera angles, snippets of... Read more