In its cold-eyed assessment of the English aristocracy Easy Virtue has none of the lurking Anglophilia found in Merchant-Ivory movies.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Ella Taylor
Quick! Noël Coward--sage or supercilious bitch? No matter where you stand, Stephan Elliott's deliciously cheeky screen adaptation of one of the satirist's lesser-known jabs at the British upper crust will charm your pants off.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Betsy Sharkey
Elliott has created a wonderfully rich battle for propriety in Easy Virtue. The humor might sting, but the pain is worth the pleasure.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
It's a pleasure to watch such top-notch actors deliver Coward's sparkling wit.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Director Stephan Elliott uncorks a rare vintage of laughs tinged with heartache.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The dialogue has an edgy wit, although it has no ambitions to be falling-down funny. Here is the Odd Couple formula applied in a specific time and place that make them feel very odd indeed.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Sure, there's a plot, but it's a secondary element to the lines the actors deliver. Only Oscar Wilde has the same bite. Fortunately, Elliott understands this, which makes Easy Virtue go down smoothly.Read Full Review »
iIf you can ignore a ridiculously overbearing soundtrack - a big if - the film's a pleasant bauble. Still, those coming in cold may be forgiven for thinking they've wandered into "Atonement" remade as a farce.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Dan Zak
Blame the wafer-thin adaptation by Sheridan Jobbins and director Stephan Elliott. What might've been a scrumptious, chocolatey dessert of a movie -- a Noel Coward delite -- is instead a scoop of lemon ice, not filling, faintly sweet and mostly water.Read Full Review »
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