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Critical Consensus

Dueling Critics
starstarstar Susan Stark - Detroit News
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Mick LaSalle - SF Chronicle
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Jonathan Lewis - The Reel Site
starstarstar John Hartl - Seattle Times
starstarstar Steven Rosen - Denver Post
starstar Robert Horton - Film.com
starstar Rita Kempley - Washington Post
starstar Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
starstar Mike Clark - USA Today
starstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstar Tom Block - culturevulture.net
starstar A.O. Scott - NY Times

“[A] beautifully buffed piece . . . . energized by seductively intelligent performances from Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn and, in a juicy supporting role, Anne Bancroft”

- Susan Stark

“[A] sluggish, literal-minded exercise in vulgar prestige-mongering that flatters itself that it is a contribution to culture”

- A.O. Scott

Up at the Villa
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Based on the novella by Somerset Maugham, a widow (Kristin Scott Thomas) in 1938 Florence is involved in a scandal while considering marriage to a wealthy politician (James Fox) and becoming involved with a married American (Sean Penn). Anne Bancroft, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi, Massimo Ghini. Director: Philip Haas (2000, PG-13)
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