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The young daughter of a farmer marries a dull doctor ten years her senior and soon becomes frustrated and bored herself. As a result she embarks on a series of affairs in her quest for real sexual fulfilment. In the process she bankrupts her husband and starts along the route to her own self-destruction... Based on the novel by .. Read more

Starring	Frances O'Connor, Hugh Bonneville, Eileen Atkins, Greg Wise
Director	Tim Fywell
Genres	Drama

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  Solid adaptation of the novel with fantastic support cast
  
  This was a solid and, on the whole, faithful television adaptation of Flaubert's novel. There is a fantastic support cast, but, if we compare this movie to... read more »
  
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  - 04 Jul 2006 at 23:09
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  dul
  
  this part will send you to sleep zzzz!!!!!
  
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  - south west
  - 27 Feb 2010 at 22:45
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  good adaptation
  
  I enjoyed this adaptation of madam Bovary. It was well acted and Madam Bovary's character captured her passion and her desperation well.
  
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- - Suza
  - 154 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 08 Oct 2009 at 19:32
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  Did the director did not read the book???!!!!!!
  
  Appalling. O' Connor is not Emma. She is childish, skittish, vacuous, she lacks all the complexity with which Flaubert endowed her...and she is far too old... read more »
  
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  - Plymouth
  - 18 Nov 2008 at 20:51
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  interesting enough
  
  A good movie but I can't really see Frances O'Connor playing the role. She seemed a bit out of place in the movie but itself the story is quite good. ... read more »
  
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- - anglichanochka
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 08:54
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  Madame Bovary
  
  I enjoyed the film. The film is about an unfaithful wife, who is bored of her life and her husband.
  
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  - Redhill
  - 31 Jan 2008 at 17:19
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  sumptuous...
  
  Beautiful casting. An elegant script, which presents many aspects of Flaubert's original novel in a convincing way. Greg Wise is positively gorgeous as ... read more »
  
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  - Bucks, England
  - 04 Jan 2007 at 23:16
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  Bad for the Beeb...
  
  The usual brilliant BBC drama this is not! Francis O'Conner is badly cast, she looks to old, is not striking or sympathetic nor does she instill Emma with ... read more »
  
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  - Barnstaple, England
  - 26 Sep 2006 at 16:48
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  boring
  
  i fell asleep it was so slow it was like watching paint dry
  
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- - Michelle Lynskey
  - richmond surrey
  - 05 Sep 2006 at 12:52
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  Solid adaptation of the novel with fantastic support cast
  
  This was a solid and, on the whole, faithful television adaptation of Flaubert's novel. There is a fantastic support cast, but, if we compare this movie to... read more »
  
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  - South Oxfordshire
  - 04 Jul 2006 at 23:09
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  My Kind of Film
  
  If you like Period,Romantic films, this is for you.
  
  An innocent young girl, married to a boring husband become quite a hussy, in her quest for ... read more »
  
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  - 09 Apr 2006 at 09:18
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- - 10
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  Solid adaptation of the novel with fantastic support cast
  
  This was a solid and, on the whole, faithful television adaptation of Flaubert's novel. There is a fantastic support cast, but, if we compare this movie to... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 260869
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - South Oxfordshire
  - 04 Jul 2006 at 23:09
- - 5
  - 1
  My Kind of Film
  
  If you like Period,Romantic films, this is for you.
  
  An innocent young girl, married to a boring husband become quite a hussy, in her quest for ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 230493
- - a customer
  - Suffolk
  - 09 Apr 2006 at 09:18
- - 3
  - 1
  Bad for the Beeb...
  
  The usual brilliant BBC drama this is not! Francis O'Conner is badly cast, she looks to old, is not striking or sympathetic nor does she instill Emma with ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 289342
- - a customer
  - Barnstaple, England
  - 26 Sep 2006 at 16:48
- - 2
  - 0
  Did the director did not read the book???!!!!!!
  
  Appalling. O' Connor is not Emma. She is childish, skittish, vacuous, she lacks all the complexity with which Flaubert endowed her...and she is far too old... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 660935
- - a customer
  - Plymouth
  - 18 Nov 2008 at 20:51
- - 2
  - 1
  boring
  
  i fell asleep it was so slow it was like watching paint dry
  
  Report this review
- 282617
- - Michelle Lynskey
  - richmond surrey
  - 05 Sep 2006 at 12:52
- - 1
  - 0
  sumptuous...
  
  Beautiful casting. An elegant script, which presents many aspects of Flaubert's original novel in a convincing way. Greg Wise is positively gorgeous as ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 399012
- - Julia
  - Bucks, England
  - 04 Jan 2007 at 23:16
- - 1
  - 0
  Madame Bovary
  
  I enjoyed the film. The film is about an unfaithful wife, who is bored of her life and her husband.
  
  Report this review
- 520278
- - a customer
  - Redhill
  - 31 Jan 2008 at 17:19
- - 1
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  good adaptation
  
  I enjoyed this adaptation of madam Bovary. It was well acted and Madam Bovary's character captured her passion and her desperation well.
  
  Report this review
- 819073
- - Suza
  - 154 reviews
  - Scotland
  - 08 Oct 2009 at 19:32
- - 0
  - 0
  interesting enough
  
  A good movie but I can't really see Frances O'Connor playing the role. She seemed a bit out of place in the movie but itself the story is quite good. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 534025
- - anglichanochka
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Mar 2008 at 08:54
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  - 1
  dul
  
  this part will send you to sleep zzzz!!!!!
  
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  - south west
  - 27 Feb 2010 at 22:45

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  The young daughter of a farmer marries a dull doctor ten years her senior and soon becomes frustrated and bored herself. As a result she embarks on a series of affairs in her quest for real sexual fulfilment. In the process she bankrupts her husband and starts along the route to her own self-...