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The Duchess
The Duchess tells the story of Duchess of Devonshire, aristocrat Georgiana, an extraordinary woman who rises to fame by staying true to her passions in a world of protocol, gossip and social rules, and pays the price.
1972, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
25 August 1957, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
2 June 1978, Greenwich, London, England, UK
10 October 1924, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
18 July 1923, London, England, UK
January 06, 2009
Knightley and Cooper don't ever generate much in the way of chemistry.
September 26, 2008
Fiennes, an actor who disappears into roles like ice in a teacup, makes the Duke a complex and almost sympathetic figure, a bulky, unappealing man whose interests are in all the wrong things.
October 18, 2008
It's disturbingly shallow, focused so tightly on one woman's feelings of repression and loneliness that it lacks any perspective on their causes.
January 24, 2009
At its simplest, it's a gorgeous film with beautiful period costumes and intricate set designs. However, something tells me that's not the level director Saul Dibb wanted to achieve greatest on.
March 05, 2009
a refreshing look at British royalty, and it will curb your want to be part of that era, age and societal level
October 09, 2009
The Duchess doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: a comfortable, low-calorie morsel of historical drama.
November 07, 2008
There's something really special about Kiera Knightly in these period pieces.
February 09, 2009
Everything you'd expect it to be: a well-acted British period piece with lavish attention to period detail, about discontented characters in a royal family. And that's about it.
October 18, 2008
It chronicles the saga of a vibrant and forward-thinking woman hampered by the constraints of a rigid society.
October 09, 2008
The Duchess is clearly Knightley's movie, ultimately rising or falling on her performance. She's up to the task, capturing both the charm and grace that made Georgiana so captivating.
November 07, 2008
This is a wonderful film.
September 29, 2016
Keira wears a series of gorgeous frocks and runs through her full repertoire of smirks and simpers... But if you can look past the dresses and the sullen lips, then you have to admit that [she] delivers another solid performance.