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Age of Innocence (1993)
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Martin Scorsese does not sound like the logical choice to direct an adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel about manners and morals in New York society in the 1870s. But these are mean streets, too, and the psychological violence inflicted between characters is at least as damaging as the physical violence perpetrated by Scorsese's usual gangsters. At the center of the tale is Newland Archer (Daniel Day-Lewis), a somewhat diffident young man engaged to marry the very respectable May Welland (Winona Ryder). But Archer is distracted by May's cousin, the Countess Olenska (a radiant Michelle Pfeiffer), recently returned from Europe. As a married...
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| Age of Innocence Movie Review by Valerie (12/17/2006) |
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Martin Scorsese's The Age Of Innocence is a beautiful masterpiece, sadly overshadowed by his other films.
Scorsese does a period drama masterfully, the direction is exceptional and the cinematography is just captivating, not to mention the acting, which is simply put, brilliant. Daniel Day-Lewis gives an stellar...
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