The Age of Innocence details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Alec McC, Winona Ryder, Michael Gough, Michelle Pfeiffer, Miriam Margolyes, Sian Phillips, Richard E. Grant, Alec McCowen, Daniel Day-Lewis |
| Director: | Martin Scorsese |
| Genres: | Drama - Romantic, Romance - General |
| Studio: | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Age of Innocence |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 12 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 15 Oct 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish |
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Atmosphere and period glamour!
By Hazel from London, SE5 , 24 Apr 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
This is a wonderfully intense depiction of New York society based on the novel by Edith Wharton.
New York society is strictly governed by an unwritten set of rules regarding respectability and decorum; breaching the rules is totally inconceivable and will lead to disaster and social death. Michelle Pfeiffer's character returns to seek a divorce and her disregard for convention sends shockwaves through polite society.
This film manages to convey the real and devastating impact of a mere look or an unspoken understanding. It builds an incredible atmosphere.
Daniel Day-Lews, Winona Ryder and Michelle Pfieffer are exceptional in theo portrayal of the complexity of these characters who are so restricted in the expression of their emptions by the expectations of social convention.
The settings and costumes are stunning and build the intense atmosphere beautifully - this film is a visual pleasure. It is a heartbreaking love story and has a wonderful twist at the end.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(34)Appearances can be deceptive
By DirtyMartini (8 reviews) from North West , 13 Jul 2011I have to say I was slightly apprehensive when I saw this film had a U cert as this would signal to me that it lacked the key elements of a memorable movie. I was pleasantly surprised however that despite this and being set a couple of century's ago, there was sufficient scandal in the story to keep you intrigued. Granny Mingott was my fave character - her best line being 'you were a Beaufont when he covered you in jewels and you'll be a Beaufont when he covers you in shame'! Think might suggest the novel for my next reading group.- Was this review helpful to you?
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oh dear
By quintus (52 reviews) from Witney , 05 Oct 2010Oh dear, this was seriously disappointing. Martin Scorcese? Daniel Day-Lewis? Winona Ryder? With that line up, this should have been fabulous but it falls absolutely flat. The problem is the screenplay which shows a strange insecurity about Wharton's original, brilliant, novel of social and human timidity. It relies on an overarching narrative voice (whose?) which explains the plot and its motivations to us coyly and cumbersomely. The past is so DIFFERENT seems to be the theme. There is such magnificence in the original novel that this uncharacteristic lack of nerve in Scorcese is, well, dispiriting - and no, the past is NOT so different. But it looks lovely. The score is dreadful though - real period drama schmultz.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Age of Innocence
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Another insightful ode to New York
By BollyFran (7 reviews) from Reading , 03 Aug 2010Scorcese really knows his city - throughout the ages, its various classes and codes.
Not detail is left to chance and this is something he clearly succeeds in doing in all his films.
The story itself, unless you truly enjoyed the book and like that kind of : slow paced plot with very little to keep up the pace the film seems to leave you hanging, but again it's a question of taste.
It is great for the aesthetics and a glimpse into NYC high society at the time.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Tedious and uninvolving
By rach17 (2 reviews) from London , 19 Apr 2010Didn't finish this - unusually for us. Dreary and dull film. I couldn't care about any of the characters although we were clearly meant to, and there was a moral lesson a-coming. Lots of shots of jewellery doesn't provide depth and the voiceover was just annoying.- Was this review helpful to you?
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