The Age of Innocence
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Movie Reviews of The Age of Innocence
Movie Review: One of Scorsese's best
Summary: 5 Stars
A number of months ago I sat in a darkened theatre and watched Brokeback Mountain. While I thought the film was quite good (certainly better than Crash), I couldn't help but feel like I had seen this story done before, but much more effectively. Of course, I had, and that was in Martin Scorsese's adaptation of Edith Wharton's lovely novel. Both Brokeback Mountain and The Age of Innocence deal with the struggles that people make to break free from society's suffocating grasp, and in both cases true love is turned away in exchange for societal acceptance. Yet, The Age of Innocence doesn't resort to the cop-out that Brokeback Mountain does (*spoilers*: Jack Twist being martyred). Rather, The Age of Innocence offers a much more painful outcome: living the rest of your life knowing that the one person you love is within reach, but choosing to remember her as she was and living out your life in solitude. This film is one of the absolute best films of the 1990s.Movie Review: Hopelessly Romantic Viewer
Summary: 5 Stars
I might just be hopelessly romantic - but the scene in the snow, while
riding in the carriage, when Newland Archer ever so slowly, and so very
carefully, unbuttoned the three buttons on the glove on the hand of
Countess Olenska, and just as slowly, ever so slowly, removing the
glove from her hand - raising her hand slowly, slowly lowering his
face to kiss the hand of woman he loved and would always love - melted
my heart.
What woman would not find that a great love scene? Ahhh!
I own the movie to watch that scene.
Then, the end, when their love, which had been so perfect,
so unmarred, he dared not go up the three flights of stairs
to her, even though he was free, because the memory of their
love might have been lessened.
I own the movie to watch that scene, too.
Movie Review: Scorsese and Wharton? A match made in heaven!
Summary: 5 Stars
Martin Scorsese may not have been a director you would think of making a movie based on a book by Edith Wharton, but I doubt anyone else could have done a better job. This is a beautifully directed film, gorgeous to look at, with brilliant acting. Michelle Pfeiffer is very good as the tragic Countess Olenska, whose decision to divorce has caused the scrutiny of New York's social elite and brought her position into question. Daniel Day-Lewis is good, as well, as Newland Archer, engaged to another but falling desperately in love with Countess Olenska. Never has removing a glove provided more sexual tension than the scene in this film! I loved this movie when I first saw it and I still enjoy it as much. With a talented supporting cast (Wynona Ryder as May, and narrated by Joanne Woodward) this film is a classic.Movie Review: Should have won Best Picture, Best Actor, Actress, Supporting, Costumes, Editing, Direction, etc.
Summary: 5 Stars
You'll have to excuse my violent enthusiasm for this elegant, stunning masterpiece. It should have swept the Oscars, hands down. But what is that but a schmoozer's game, all politics and campaigning--they reward many good films but rarely the best, and this is the best. The novel won the Pulitzer back in the day, but watching this is something else. It's a rich, immensely rewarding and intense emotional and intellectual experience, all of extremely high quality. I don't have much further to add other than if you enjoy a wide variety of films you will just be terribly impressed, while romantics will be riveted to their chairs. Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer are unforgettable in this. Winona Ryder also does her finest acting ever. Bravo, Martin.Movie Review: Masterpiece, yes, that is the word
Summary: 5 Stars
Like many other reviewers, the first time I saw this film, I thought it was boring beyond words. I think that I was expecting a "chick flick" and that's not what I got.Upon second viewing, I realized that I had missed the boat and that the film was absolutely brilliant in every detail. It simply does not take one false step in any way. Performances, script, cinematography, score, sets, just everything.
Personally, I believe that Ryder gives the performance of her career as May. Her performance is so subtle, so under the surface, that many may dismiss it as one-noted. Not so, not so at all.
I can only hope that Scorsese puts a special edition on DVD so that I can enjoy it in all of its sumptuousness over and over again.