reviews, Keira Knightley!, (Ralph Fiennes)

Ralph Fiennes and the soundtrack are what truly make this film. Georgiana's story was deeply fascinating to watch unfold, but perhaps without Keira's pouting lips and spastic eyebrows.

Feminist History, starring Ralph Fiennes as All White Men, and Keira Knightley as Sympathetic Female Protagonist. Maybe that's a little harsh. The movie's not bad, but the acting is extremely wooden. At least it's an English period piece with a slightly different perspective, thank God.

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"As tepid peruke-and-corset periods go, The Duchess goes down with relative ease." - Fernando F. Croce

yet another period movie with beautiful costumes and huge hair...

This movies has amazing costumes, sets and good art direction. I was pleasantly surprised by the acting skills of Keira Knightley. I actually didnt expect much from her. The performance of Ralph Fiennes was good as expected. If you are not a fan of Drama you should pass this movie. The movie tries to compress the life of Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire during the age of women's suffrage. The movie barely scrapes the surface of the same. Overall a decent movie.

The thematic is not just marriage like Jane Austen's books, and that's important.

Not terrible or anything, just slow and understated in the way most period dramas seem to be. If you're a fan of Keira Knightley sitting in a dimly-lit, lavishly-decorated room and staring blankly into the middle-distance with a pout on her face, you'll probably enjoy this a lot, because that's virtually all that happens in the final 30 minutes. The sets, the costumes, the cinematography... all good. The story... meh.

Ralph Fiennes

A couple (...) of very inspired performances deserve applause and awards. If only script and direction had been equally inspired...

If only the plot was as high-reaching as the wigs.

Not bad, not good, but not bad. The story was a little flat, and this may be because it is a time-piece and because it was based on a true story.

good movie 10 out of 10

I love the score

the duke was a dick, man

Pretty good, while falling short of being great. Keira Knightley gives a great performance, and between the cinematography, art direction, and costumes, the movie looks beautiful. Although the story didn't plod & wasn't boring, it was never overly gripping, either.