Tuesday, November 15, 2005

A Good Woman


This witty, elegant and beautiful movie based on Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan" could well be a typical Bollywood flick - just replace the Amalfi coast with Marine drive! Misunderstandings, seduction, gossip, affairs, vamps, playboys - tell me that not a Manmohan Desai film!

"Set in the 1930's on the beautiful Italian Riviera A GOOD WOMAN is an elegant, witty, romantic comedy based on Oscar Wilde's "Lady Windermere's Fan".

A young couple's marriage is put in jeopardy by high-society gossip of an affair blossoming. Robert Windermere (Mark Umbers) is accused with providing a secret allowance for Mr Erlynne (Helen Hunt) a vampish older woman of ill repute, whilst his wife, Meg Windermere (Scarlett Johansson), courts the attention of Lord Darlington (Stephen Campbell Moore), a notorious playboy.

In the meantime Tuppy (Tom Wilkinson) is haplessly pursuing the lady of his dreams Mrs Erlynne.

When the truth begins to emerge, it becomes apparent a dark family secret lies beneath the surface."

Oscar material? Nah.

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