The Golden Bowl
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Movie Reviews of The Golden Bowl
Movie Review: Don't Drop The Golden Bowl
Summary: 4 Stars
The Golden Bowl is a beautiful movie that, like the bowl in the title, seems perfect, but there is a crack somewhere. I highly recommend it because the story and the production are so intriguing. The sets, costumes, ambiance and writing are signature Ivory/Merchant quality. The cast is first rate. I looked really closely at the acting to find where the break is, and the movie needs to warm up to climb to the emotional activity that brings its meaning to life. I struggled during the first half of the movie to pay attention. When veils of complacency give way to questions and expression of true or other feelings is when everything comes together. Jeremy Northum as Prince Amerigo is dashing enough to remind one of Giancarlo Gianini in The Innocent. Kate Bechinsale, Nick Nolte, Anjelica Huston and James Fox offer measured but effective performances that have to ride the story. It is Uma Thurman who has to bring it home, and she does a very good job. The novel by Henry James is not easy to pack into a 2-hour movie, but this was a very good attempt. DidnŐt Masterpiece Theater have to spread it into a miniseries? I think it starred Gail Honeycutt. DonŐt drop The Golden Bowl. You have to see it once. Maybe the flaw is as important to the movie as it is in the original complicated story.Movie Review: A Lovely Bowl
Summary: 4 Stars
I was taken with this Merchant Ivory production of Bowl, undeniably opulent and likely the best-looking of all the Merchant Ivory productions. It is near-perfect visually. Most important, I feel Thurman has given a valid interpretation of Charlotte - an opinion not widely shared. It would have been easy to play the role as a cool, reserved fashion plate; Thurman instead chose to play the character as a still maturing, somewhat insecure girl. It is a vastly more honest and truthful depiction - and certainly much more difficult as an acting choice. A passive portrayal of victorian feminine mystique would hardly be news nor much of a challenge for an actress like Thurman. I've never liked her more than in this role.Movie Review: 'The Golden Bowl"
Summary: 4 Stars
Look deeply into this movie as you watch it. There's a very important message in it. It still applies today. We have to be careful with other people's lives. When you really love someone, whether it be a parent, child or spouse, we would go to great, personal, lengths, to spare them the pain of the truth.Movie Review: Jeremy Northam miscast
Summary: 4 Stars
The only crack in the movie is the casting of Jeremy Northam as Amerigo. Northam, with his phony Italian accent, pretending to be an Italian, is incredible, a bit hard to take. Couldn't James Ivory have cast a real Italian actor in the role?Movie Review: Does not go anywhere
Summary: 4 Stars
Golden Bowl is beautifully photographed and actors are wonderful. I had seen it on the big screen before, but it still does not go anywhere. Seems the story has no meaning. I adore period films, especially British ones.