Vanity Fair (2004)
Mira Nair's film version of the classic novel by William Makepeace Thackery introduces a new audience to the beautiful, funny, passionate and calculating heroine Becky Sharp (Witherspoon). (Focus Features)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Mira Nair
Written By: Julian Fellowes, William Makepeace Thackeray, Matthew Faulk, Mark Skeet
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Gabriel Byrne, Bob Hoskins, Rhys Ifans, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, James Purefoy, Eileen Atkins, Romola Garai, Tony Maudsley
Genre: Drama
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Vanity Fair belongs to 10 collections
1. Female Directors (collaborative: moderated by djross - 90 stars)
2. Female protagonist (collaborative: moderated by djross - 25 stars)
3. Based on a Book (collaborative: moderated by iconogassed - 21 stars)
4. Based On Novel (collaborative: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
5. 19th century period film (collaborative: moderated by djross - 4 stars)
6. Adaptations from Classic Literature made into Movies (collaborative: moderated by Dunstan-xxx - 4 stars)
7. Netflix Watch Instantly (public: dgeiser13 - 2 stars)
8. Netflix Sverige (collaborative: moderated by Jakobostgren - 1 star)
9. Costume Dramas: Regency Era (1795-1837) (public: monocle)
10. 2004: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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| Jul 14, 2022 |  |
moviesky08 | 65 31st |
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İlk yarı son derece güzel ama ikinci yarı... Bol zaman atlamasıyla çorbaya dönmüş ve güzelim hikaye mahvedilmiş.
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| Mar 03, 2020 | Exirel | 5 41st |
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Should have been a mini-series of at least 3 or 4 episodes, 1 hour each, to be enjoyable.
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| Oct 04, 2019 | doyler29 | 60 18th |
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This adaptation loses both the savagery and the satirical edge and doesn't seem to know what to replace it with. There is a clear effort to make Sharp more likable, but the character is really just kind of lost in the process. The film itself suffers from a similar uncertainty. At times it seems like it's intended as a comedy, but there's really nothing explicitly funny in it. It's a good looking film with an impressive cast that kind of prattles on for 2 1/2 hours with little to no impact.
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| Jan 30, 2018 | BadFurDay | 4 24th |
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I'm not even sure what that movie was about, I guess it looked pretty and there were a few nice moments? Unexciting.
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| Jun 23, 2016 |  |
Lilirose | 73 45th |
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Neanche lontanamente bello quanto il libro, ma ha comunque il suo fascino. Film gradevole e senza pretese
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| Dec 30, 2013 |  |
CosmicMonkey | 60 17th |
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Yeah, this was really bland, there story was shoddily put together and the charactrs and actors were incredibly uninteresting.
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| Dec 25, 2013 |  |
nilooravaei | 69 14th |
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a really mediocre film ... the alternate ending was the only part which brought some depth and reality to the film ... but they used a ridiculous and completely nonsensical ending which made watching the film an even bigger waste of time
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| Oct 17, 2011 |  |
SlantMag | 20 41st |
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"Mira Nair mistakenly makes the conniving Becky a symbol of modern feminist pluckiness." - Nick Schager
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| Mar 15, 2011 |  |
IcyBrian | 48 8th |
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Fantastically boring, especially considering the cast. But at least the costumes are pretty.
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| Jul 16, 2010 |  |
AndreasThau | 30 12th |
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I don't know if they wanted to make the new Gone With The Wind, or just a lame Sense&Sensibility war-mix. This movie is just below average no matter what, and in all departments. Bad acting (I find Gabriel Byrne acceptable, though, just wanted more of him from first scene to the last), bad casting even more, simply or mostly because dear ol' Reese is TERRIBLE, really hate her. Worst: it is TOO long. TOO LONG. LISTEN. Cut off one hour, and we can talk. Then I might round 50. But probably not.
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| Aug 22, 2009 |  |
Josie19 | 40 4th |
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Watching this made me sleep like a baby.
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| Sep 06, 2008 |  |
Vandelay1 | 15 9th |
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bad movie
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| Mar 05, 2008 |  |
AnnMovie | 15 1st |
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Typically I like Witherspoon. But I didn't like this movie. It's been a while since I saw it (and don't intend to see it again) but as I recall it was somewhat pointless and drawn out. It won my "worst movie of the year" award, so....
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| Mar 03, 2008 |  |
critickerkaw | 60 2nd |
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Annoying and disappointing. This had so much potential, but fell flat in my book. Winner of my "Worst Movie of the Year" award.
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| Oct 28, 2007 |  |
mutfakrobotu | 61 35th |
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Just like a sopa-opera...
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| Aug 18, 2007 | fart | 2 0th |
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why?
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Tate | 60 19th |
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Beautiful costumes and sets, but the acting is average and the story wasn't really very new or interesting. Reese has been better in mainstream crap.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Filmer | 20 15th |
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Fellowes and Nair's take on Thackeray's classic does little to elevate it from an ordinary, dull and safe repetition of too many of its rise-out-of-poverty period film predecessors.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
Gareth Watkins (FilmRot.com) | 73 20th |
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Amazingly good adaption of the classic love story with a good performance from Witherspoon.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | citysqwirl | 75 54th |
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Not bad -- the problems have more to do with the source material than the adaptation.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | Med | 45 15th |
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A dissapointment on every level.
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| Aug 14, 2007 | spoonerspot | 76 36th |
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Reese I want to marry you.
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| Apr 08, 2007 |  |
lovely_1234 | 35 2nd |
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this blows! hard.
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| Mar 29, 2007 |  |
Stain | 80 68th |
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Good chick picture. As the only American in the cast, Reese Witherspoon fits the role pretty well, and gives a better performance than you'd think
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| Feb 04, 2007 | JoshStew06 | 64 37th |
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Reese Witherspoon proves herself adept at playing a scheming British wannabe socialite in this too long period movie. It can get confusing to keep up with the story and all its characters, but as long as you try, it's a fairly involving drama.
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| Average Percentile 34.34% from 472 Ratings |  |