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Terence Davies (DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES) triumphs with his sumptuous, painterly adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, which is set amid the vicious moneyed classes of 1905 New York and features a heartrending, perfectly nuanced performance by Gillian Anderson as doomed heroine Lily Bart. Lily, though strikingly beautiful and .. Read more

Starring	Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Eric Stoltz, Terry Kinney
Director	Terence Davies
Genres	Drama, Romance

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- Terence Davies' adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel is a triumph which puts most recent screen versions of the classics... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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  Terrific
  
  Words fail me.
  
  This must be one of the most beautiful, heart breaking movies ever. The music was stunning, the pace was slow but considered and the ... read more »
  
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  - 08 Oct 2004 at 14:33
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  Slower than Wood
  
  Some good acting, super costumes, nice scenery, but little else to entertain. A collection of pointless lives following equally pointless social mores. I gave ... read more »
  
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- - Iggi_1
  - 54 reviews
  - 16 Jan 2012 at 19:19
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  More like "House of Misery" - or is it an ironic title?
  
  I borrowed this as I am doing a course at Strathclyde University on 'Glasgow on the Big Screen'. Lovely to see the settings of Kelvin Grove and the City... read more »
  
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- - crispin40
  - 530 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 18 Oct 2011 at 16:06
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  An antidote to Jane Austen
  
  An astonishingly poignant film where the penniless, socially naive heroine comes up against the real world with a bump.
  
  The acting is incredible, the... read more »
  
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- - roleypoley
  - 3 reviews
  - 28 Sep 2011 at 17:03
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  House of Misery...!
  
  Beautiful costumes and scenery, and the acting is good, but so slow and dull, and lacking a good story - we really didn't care if she died or not by the end... read more »
  
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- - Thefeegees
  - 1 review
  - 09 Sep 2011 at 13:50
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  Lovely, lovely film.
  
  This film is amazing. Gillian Anderson is just perfect as the cracks begin to appear in a society led by the acceptance of peers. Sure, it's slow, but a ... read more »
  
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  - 02 Jun 2011 at 20:40
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  Box of Glasgow paints
  
  Not sure that the red-headed Gillian Anderson necessarily fits the mental image of Lily Bart that I’d constructed from my reading of this Edith Wharton ... read more »
  
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- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 15 Oct 2010 at 22:15
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  - 3
  The House of 'Mirth'
  
  Yeah, thanks for the ironic title guys. This is an unbelievably slow-paced film. I don't need lots of car chases to enjoy a movie but it has to be said ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 13 Aug 2010 at 17:59
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  dull
  
  ahh, nothing ever happens and it's not pretty enoough just to be watched. First Gillian Anderson flm I've not finished. Shame.
  
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  - Ely, UK
  - 02 Mar 2010 at 19:04
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  Mirth? What Mirth?
  
  I loved this film and watched it a number of times. As a healer I felt that this film would be excellent for healing-students to watch as it shows how one soul... read more »
  
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- - gaiamethod
  - 2 reviews
  - Winchester
  - 04 Sep 2009 at 21:01
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  The most depressing story ever?
  
  I worked hard to keep watching....... it was so sad!
  
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  - derby
  - 12 May 2009 at 14:08
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- - 24
  - 1
  Terrific
  
  Words fail me.
  
  This must be one of the most beautiful, heart breaking movies ever. The music was stunning, the pace was slow but considered and the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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  - Moozer
  - n/a
  - 08 Oct 2004 at 14:33
- - 10
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  Misery and deceit
  
  I cannot now remember why I rented this film, but I am delighted that I did. I'm not the kind of bloke who would normally read Edith Wharton's novels, ... read more »
  
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- - Alllez45
  - Oxon
  - 19 May 2005 at 17:58
- - 7
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  A tragic drama
  
  The story is of a young woman who has been brought up in order to marry well. She arrives in New York in 1905 with the apparent intention of finding the ... read more »
  
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- - Hugh Craig
  - Leicester UK
  - 14 Aug 2004 at 16:19
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  - 1
  Beautiful interpretation of the novel
  
  This is a powerful novel, and has been interpreted very sensitively and with much integrity - both as to the novel and to the mores of the time in question. ... read more »
  
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  - London, England
  - 02 Dec 2004 at 22:03
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  HOUSE OF MIRTH
  
  I hadn't read the book but I will now. What a fantastic, absorbing film. The heroine always struggling so hard to make the 'right' choices and ... read more »
  
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  - Wales
  - 08 Sep 2005 at 14:01
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  perfect
  
  This film gets it so right - the beauty and look of the perfect period drama but with so much heart and passion. Gillian Anderson is sensational - a world away ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Apr 2009 at 19:50
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  Mirth? What Mirth?
  
  I loved this film and watched it a number of times. As a healer I felt that this film would be excellent for healing-students to watch as it shows how one soul... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 807047
- - gaiamethod
  - 2 reviews
  - Winchester
  - 04 Sep 2009 at 21:01
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  Box of Glasgow paints
  
  Not sure that the red-headed Gillian Anderson necessarily fits the mental image of Lily Bart that I’d constructed from my reading of this Edith Wharton ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 932066
- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 15 Oct 2010 at 22:15
- - 1
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  An antidote to Jane Austen
  
  An astonishingly poignant film where the penniless, socially naive heroine comes up against the real world with a bump.
  
  The acting is incredible, the... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - roleypoley
  - 3 reviews
  - 28 Sep 2011 at 17:03
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  More then I expected
  
  I really enjoyed this film despite I was a bit bored at the beginning but then could not stop watching it.
  
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- 60903
- - a customer
  - England
  - 27 Dec 2004 at 18:27

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Critics' reviews
- Terence Davies' adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel is a triumph which puts most recent screen versions of the classics... read more on Time Out
- 43894
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
- Bleak period drama of social striving and failure in a society where money rules.
- 30719
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:41

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- The House Of Mirth
  
  Terence Davies (DISTANT VOICES, STILL LIVES) triumphs with his sumptuous, painterly adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel, which is set amid the vicious moneyed classes of 1905 New York and features a heartrending, perfectly nuanced performance by Gillian Anderson as doomed heroine Lily Bart. Lily, ...