The Golden Bowl details
| Format: | 12 DVD |
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| Starring: | Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Madeleine Potter, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Peter Eyre, Kate Beckinsale, James Fox |
| Director: | James Ivory |
| Genres: | Drama - Gay/Lesbian, General, Romance - General |
| Studio: | WALT DISNEY STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Golden Bowl |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 10 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 15 Jun 2006 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Talk about slow . .
By Donald from Glasgow , 30 Nov 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
I normally like Merchant Ivory movies, they usually have a literary source, a couple of US names & a plethora of English luvvies . .so far so good . .Uma Thurman . .Jeremy Northam . .all seems normal . .
Wrong . .this movie drags on with nothing much happening . .the title sequence makes the plot so obvious that you know exactly what's going to happen & the ending (when it eventually arrives) just leaves you hanging. Not I hasten to add in a 'wonder what happens' now way that good movies have, more a 'that's it?!'- Was this review helpful to you?
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(16)Good story
By JacksNanny (22 reviews) , 01 Jul 2011Enjoyed everything about this film very good story well acted and well made film one to watch add it to your list- Was this review helpful to you?
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Worthy of Watching
By Lacuna (2 reviews) from Basingstoke , 07 Feb 2010Quite enjoyed this film - a Merchant Ivory Classic- Was this review helpful to you?
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Slightly Boring!!
By a customer from London , 28 Aug 2008Henry James wrote excellent novels but sadly this is a bit boring. The cast are good but the film seemed endless!! In the middle of the film I was seriously toying with the idea of switching it off. My advice is don't bother unless you are seriously compelled to watch it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Golden Bowl
By a customer from Cambridge , 20 Jun 2008Henry James is never a fast read, so the fact that this film, based on his novel of the same name, unfolds very slowly should come as no surprise. The tale is intricate and the centrality of the flawed golden bowl is fascinating. It is well cast and well acted.- Was this review helpful to you?
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this story would have been better with other actors
By philly (26 reviews) from Frome , 08 Jan 2008The story here is a good one, eventually, but you have to sit through quite a bit to get there. Unfortunately, the casting could have been better, and I believed would have improved the film immensely. James Fox and Angelica Houston were excellent, but their parts were small. Kate Beckinsale was far better than I expected, and her character was the only one who really, for me, developed believably. Jeremy Northam was quite good, too, and he did develop, but it was much harder to care ultimately about his character (though this was not his fault). Nick Nolte and Uma Thurman, however, were poor choices. Their roles needed much stronger actors, people of the calibre of Cate Blanchett, Sophia Myles, Rosamund Pike, Derek Jacobi, Alan Rickman or Michael Kitchen. It's a shame, because this could have been a far better film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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