The Painted Veil (2006) (original) (raw)
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Original title
The Painted Veil
Year
2006
Running time
125 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production United States-Canada-China-Hong Kong;
Genre
Romance. Drama | 1920s. Romantic Drama. Remake
Movie Groups
W. Somerset Maugham Adaptations
Synopsis
A love story set in the 1920s about a young English couple (a doctor and a society girl) who marry hastily, relocate to Hong Kong where they betray each other easily, and find an unexpected chance at redemption and happiness while on a deadly journey into the heart of ancient China. Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham.
Rankings Position
Awards
2006: Golden Globe: Best Soundtrack
2006: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Music Score
2006: National Board of Review (NBR): Best Adapted Screenplay
2006: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Actor (Norton) & Best Screenplay
2006: Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Nominated for Best Cinematography
Critics' reviews
- "No one has caught the pride, remorse and pain of an unloved and possibly unlovable husband better than Edward Norton in 'The Painted Veil'"
- "The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights."
- "A lot takes place during 'The Painted Veil's' two-hour running length, but most of what happens occurs within the hearts and minds of the leads."
- "John Curran's pretty melodrama rubs off a few of the barbed edges from W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel about love and infidelity in a time of cholera"
- "'The Painted Veil' may begin too slowly, but it also ends too soon."
- "The Chinese locations ache with beauty (...) 'The Painted Veil' really does feel like a story worth filming a third time."
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Ranking Lists Position
- 32 My Favorite Romantic Dramas (117)
- 50 My Top 10 Movies from 2006 (64)
- 85 My Favorite Remakes (8)
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