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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Charles Shyer |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 30 November, 2001 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Subtitled, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Foreign Film - Spanish/Misc Sa, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012569683938 |
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The Corrupt, decadent, and stupid Nobility, Revealed The French Revolution can be faulted for being too lenient on the aristocracy. Idle parasites who contribute nothing, monarchs and aristocrats were only good insofar as they patronized the Sciences and, to a much lesser extent, the Arts. <
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>I enjoyed this period piece, though it is a rather simple tale, one of greed with no heroes or heroines. I cannot sympathize with a greedy con artist who has no ideals. The only flickering fire alive behind her eyes is a yearning for the house of her childhood, a birthright taken away from her. That said, it's an amusing yarn, with a moderate dose of tension and suspense. <
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>Not even a little bit erotic, if you ask me, though some connosieurs -not I- may enjoy the end's whipping scene (off-camera, if you're interested). She deserved what she got. I think any white collar criminal who steals in excess of say, one million dollars should also be tied to the whipping post and thrashed in full public view. It's not fair some small-time thief gets twenty years for stealing a television set, and then the fat cats get off with just a few years at a country club prison.
Fascinating story, for those interested in Revolution......
On page 203 of CITIZENS: THE CHRONICLE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by Simon Schama, begins Chapter Six 'Body Politics' which gives an account of the tale upon which this film is based. The film is very close to this account. Schama himself would suggest that the retelling of an historical event is biased and depends on who is doing the telling. Several of the principle players left diaries or journals that provided their version of events. The trial of Cardinal de Rohan, Jeanne de La Motte, Nicole Le Guay and others concerning 'The Diamond Necklace Affair' was also recorded in court records and the newspapers of the day. Each of their lawyers presented a story that best represented their clients point of view.
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>The sad truth is that the incident was only one of many that led to the demise of the monarchy, not "the cause" as the film suggests. What really happened? The French populace believed the worst of Antoinette and the whole incident proved to be another nail in her coffin. According to Schama, it was "her reputation for unaffected girlish sentimentality that made Louis, the Cardinal de Rohan, believe that he could restore his position at court through her favors..."
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>This film is well enough acted the lead fellow (Simon.....) was a murder victim in L.A.CONFIDENTIAL, Brody is the Count de la Motte, and of course Swank who plays the 'Baronne de La Motte de Valois (as she called herself),is well known. Most of the supporting actors are also fairly well known to BBC fans, and Christopher Walken is wonderful as the occultist Cagliostro. This is not a swash-buckling tale (one silly sword fight), nor is is a Merchant-Ivory production, but it is far lighter than some of the 'realist' dramas produced by others in recent years. I won't buy it, but you can rent it from 'Netflix'.
Lackluster historical drama
The script and story weren't too bad, if you can get past that our protagonist was seriously misrepresented to be a lady trying to gain back her past estates when the reality of history is Jeanne was just a schemer and con woman, albeit a bit likeable.
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>Her character was poorly played by a fabulous actress, Hilary Swank. The gigolo was the highlight performance of the film, and Robert Price as Cardinal Rohan was superb as always.
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>Christopher Walken didn't fit the film, neither did Joely Richardson or Swank. They seemed so oddly out of place.
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>If the screenwriters had made Jeanne just a little more like the lead protagonist/heroine in Philippa Gregory's WIDEACRE, you love to hate her and you love her, we all would have enjoyed the film better.
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>Something just wasn't right with this film; it didn't hit its mark.