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Title : Madame Bovary [Blu-ray]
Category: Movies
Brand: Alchemy
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Rating : 2.8
Buyer Review : 42

Description :

Desperate to escape the dullness of provincial life, a young married woman pursues forbidden fantasies through a series of indiscreet seductions and adulterous affairs. Based on the acclaimed novel that transformed the Romantic era, MADAME BOVARY stars Mia Wasikowska (JANE EYRE; ALICE IN WONDERLAND), Ezra Miller (PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER), Rhys Ifans(VANITY FAIR), Laura Carmichael(Downton Abbey),and Paul Giamatti(ROMEO & JULIET).


Review :
Hauntingly beautiful
Mia Wasikowska, in this new, atmospheric adaptation of "Madame Bovary" (a revolutionary classic), makes a fascinating, sensitive, and convincing Emma; one that resembles not so much previous Bovary's from previous films, but rather the complicated, twenty-something, anti-heroine of the novel (which I've long loved). Casting an uncanny spell, the young actress captures much of the conflicted ambiguity of Emma, and manages to create empathy while making so many foolish, self-destructive choices. I've watched the film twice, and by the second viewing I got past the differences from the book (I know all the dialogue and scenes), the gradual pace, and was absorbed by the melancholy stillness that builds, in stages, to the soul's unraveling. I haven't felt any movie has captured the book (which may be an impossible feat), but this one is subtle and affecting; it has it's own poetic perspective, mystique and beauty (without the novel's ironic detachment), and Mia's portrayal has the...
A solid, if flawed adaptation buoyed by the brilliant Mia Wasikowska
The latest in a long line of adaptations of the seminal novel by Gustave Flaubert, French-born director Sophie Barthes' (Cold Souls) English-language Madame Bovary is a compact and often gorgeous rendering, though definitely more of a cerebral experience than a red-hot story of sensuality and tragedy. In a rather curious misfire, Barthes opens her film at the end, with a poisoned Emma Bovary (Mia Wasikowska) racing through the forest, tightly clutching her side and then falling to the ground. It is an overly literal and revelatory way to begin a film already defined by its air of inevitable despair and doom. Then, however, an elegant and well-crafted depiction of tedious provincial life emerges, with several moments of genuine visual poetry, particularly ones contrasting Emma's increasing flamboyance with her pastoral environment and the way the disparity insulates and misguides her.

Barthes completely foregrounds the title heroine (anti-heroine?), excising the Flaubert...
Beautiful but Fairly Lacking

I had high hopes for the film. The costumes and scenery were absolutely flawless, and without a doubt the setting was spectacular. Aesthetic wise Mia Wasikowska was great for playing Madame Bovary. I just don't feel that this was her one her better films. I could not feel the emotional connection between the actors and actress. It also felt like they were reciting memorized lines. The ending was also very abrupt.

I have read the book, and of course I would recommend reading that above anything else. The best thing is to see the movie and decide if it was worth it. I highly doubt I would watch it again.