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The Painted Veil
Kolo's wife has decided to accompany her husband, a scientist, to mainland China for a strong mission in the 1920s. Both sides are in serious trials to fight the cholera epidemic. Over time, a couple discovers betrayal and alienation but they try to give a chance to salvation. Now, the couple embarks on a perilous journey during that period.
27 April 1976, Dulwich, London, England, UK
29 December 1947, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
1 December 1946, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
20 July 1938, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
1973, Norwich, England, UK
April 18, 2008
Concealed passions are revealed as life takes unexpected turns and what initially seems like an act of vengeance becomes the making of the central charactersDecember 30, 2006
The acting is quite splendid, especially in the vicinity of the quite splendid Watts.January 06, 2007
The movie makes for a good old-fashioned wide-screen wallow.May 02, 2008
Norton, an American, and Australian Watts are so busy struggling with their accents that they never really find their characters' hearts. But it's a solid piece of period escapism.June 10, 2008
Contents itself with making the Maugham work less prissy.June 21, 2008
Norton's effect and Watts' able portrayal are not enough to move the misogyny of the narrative.January 10, 2007
The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights.June 08, 2008
It's a wallow and I confess to wholeheartedly enjoying the plunge.January 08, 2007
Sweeping vistas, period-piece sets, impeccable literary source, a little stolid at times, but ultimately quite impressive.January 05, 2007
Exquisitely filmed and finely acted.April 20, 2007
The production values are characteristically sumptuous, William Daniels' photography is lustrous, and Boleslawski directs with suitable flair.August 28, 2008
This stab at grand romance fails to satisfy.