The Triumph of Love

An enjoyable movie, based on the French play. The background and costumes were beautiful, and the actors were highly entertaining. Kingsley and Shaw steal the show with their antics, but the other actors play their parts well. I liked how Sorvino... Full review

Wow. Just wow. This movie brought ridiculous ideas out and turned them to hilarity with the antics of the actors. This has turned into one of my favorite films for whenever I feel like I need a lift or a good... Full review

I thought Mira Sorvino did a great job as did Ben Kingsley and all the others, however my real praise is for the woman who played the young man's patroness, Fiona Shaw, what a performance she produced, intense and perfect... Full review

the first 20 minutes, i too was skeptical but the film does blossom. don't be scared off by negative reviews; you have 108 minutes to spare. fiona shaw and ben kingsley both falling hard for mira is enough for anyone!... Full review

What would Moliere,Shakespeare and the rest of the lot say to a spoof performance involving a woman in drag trying to capture the heart of a man? The movie, in all its 18th century finery takes place in an outdoorsy English... Full review

i loved this movie. it was fun, humorous, entertaining, and witty. the play was first performed in 1732 but i think the plot meets (and excels) today's standards. Mira Sorvino did a great job as did all of the other... Full review

THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE is a film based on a 1732 story, and has a Shakespeare feel to it. The critic Ebert has a very good, complete review. By today's standards the story is implausible, but the acting of Mira... Full review

Spoilers herein.Set physically in a well-manicured garden, managed by an obsessive gardener. Set philosophically in a similarly ordered mind-space, tended by two (co-equal) minds. Set dramatically in a narrative world formed by three cooperative directors (the original dramatist, the screen... Full review

This movie is about a princess simultaneously seducing a prince, his protégé and the protégé's sister, portraying herself as either a man or woman, all in the name of undoing a wrong that her family has done to the prince's... Full review

In college I studied Marivaux -- whose play this movie is based on -- so I have an understanding of the movie's context and characters. Given that, I found Triumph of Love to be rather enjoyable. But I don't recommend... Full review

Sorvino is charming and persuasive as the passionate princess.....while Kingsley and Shaw make utter fools of themselves.....A jaunty orchestral score also adds some odd electric-guitar flourishes.....This concept helps justify the film's acting excesses, which are many..... ... Full Review

Of course, "Triumph of Love" has other problems -....In the lead role, Sorvino alternates between hammy and wooden, an acting malady that also seems to have afflicted the normally dependable Kingsley.....chiefly that it lacks any real "bite" that might make the story tolerable.....it's handled poorly by Clare Peploe, the wife and disciple of Bernardo Bertolucci, who directs nearly every scene as broadly as possible -.... ... Full Review

a story in quirky fits and starts that can sometimes seem tentative or almost stiff.... ... Full Review

Triumph Of Love is really a feeding frenzy for the academic mind....Though Triumph Of Love is a marvelous tale of deceit, it is the audience who will feel duped even more than the characters in the film..... ... Full Review

It's too bad more of the movie isn't given over to their prowess. She's so busy with her music, she's forgotten to perfect the words of her song. And besides, Mira Sorvino is an attractive girl; call it animal magnetism. ... Full Review

Twenty-one entries discussing, attacking, welcoming love and Valentine's Day. The Desicritics Valentine's Day Contest was also a celebration of diverse writing. What I found most surprising was this strong animosity toward Valentine's Day written about or felt by the authors. ... Full Article

This article was published on 05.09.02 . This brisk, bubbly adaptation of Pierre Marivaux's 18th-century romantic comedy explores the joys, woes and numerous kinks of love as a passionate princess (Mira Sorvino) bounces back and forth between disguised genders to... ... Full Article

Apr 19, 2002 | Clare Peploe's "The Triumph of Love" is the movie equivalent of a good summer dress: Shimmery and breezy, it lets just enough air and sunlight through. ... Full Article

Academy Award winners Mira Sorvino and Ben Kingsley star in this film version of the play by Pierre Marivaux, which was first performed in 1732. ... Full Article

Beautiful Oscar winner Mira Sorvino will show us two sides of her, as a costume-laden comedienne in the lavish comedy Triumph of Love, and later this year in the powerful Holocaust drama The Gray Zone. ... Full Article

     Now I've seen my share of bad movies.But this one, "The Triumph of Love", triumphs as nothing but THE worst one of all.      The story line is that of a Princess who dresses up as a man, so she... ... Full Article