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The Painted Veil (20-Dec-2006)

Director: John Curran

Writer: Ron Nyswaner (screenplay)

From a novel by: W. Somerset Maugham

Keywords: Romantic Drama

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Actor
2-Sep-1961   Infernal Affairs
Toby Jones
Actor
7-Sep-1967   Voice of Dobby the Elf
Edward Norton
Actor
18-Aug-1969   Fight Club
Diana Rigg
Actor
20-Jul-1938   Mrs. Peel
Liev Schreiber
Actor
4-Oct-1967   Actor, voiceover talent
Naomi Watts
Actor
28-Sep-1968   First you see The Ring, then you die

REVIEWS

Review by Anonymous (posted on 17-Aug-2007)

"The Painted Veil" is an extremely unique movie. I have never seen a love story like it before, and I was very happy with its deviance from traditional love stories. As a theatre major, one thing especially stood out to me while watching this movie: the fact that at several points in the movie I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen. I don't mean this to sound cocky at all, but the fact is that anybody who deals with stories finds themselves pretty easily "knowing" what's going to be the outcome of situations in movies, oftentimes, even the entire movie itself. But this was not the case for me with "The Painted Veil". The characters are so alive that it made the story alive, and therefore, unpredictable. I also greatly appreciated the way the director chose to make the love scenes: neither porno nor trying to show as much as possible while keeping the rating below R, the director made the love scenes some of the most sensual and creatively inspiring ones that I have ever seen. I definitely recommend anyone to watch this movie. And the great thing is, it is suitable for kids to watch, and more than satisfying for adults.


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