The Painted Veil
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Movie Reviews of The Painted Veil
Movie Review: A must for all to see how "love" really works...
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is so refreshing to the mindset we have today regarding the concept of love. Many people misunderstand love for short lived emotional impulses which in turn are not foundational for longevity in a lifetime relationship. I have/had many female friends as well as lovers and see this in the eyes of most women. For the most part, men are a bit more logical in their thoughts and plans. Women on other hand move by the guidance of their emotions... this proves to be very dangerous down the road but can be gratifying in the hear and now.
What's my point?
Well I've always been fascinated with the question of "passion or logic". Hollywood always exploits our innate desire for passion but this movie tells it from a different perspective, one that is more noble and true.
Love is an act, a discipline not just a feeling. You must commit to your duties to love your wife and love your husband as an act and in return, through your efforts,.. real love with slowly blossom.
Movie Review: Serene yet powerful
Summary: 5 Stars
What a beautiful movie! Naomi Watts delivers a great performance in her role of the spoiled young lady who steps into marriage for the wrong reasons, thus paving the way to adultery. And Edward Norton, totally surprised me with his incredibly mature and powerful portrayal of Dr. Walter Fane. He has always been a specially gifted actor, but in this movie he displays a totally new quality to his acting. That of an incredibly attractive and totally believable leading man. He totally blew my mind away just as Ralph Fiennes did in The English Patient. China in the early 1920's provides the perfect background for such a wonderful story to unfold. And although I certainly believe that the movie is a little weak in terms of portraying the sociopolitical turmoil taking place in China in the 1920's it is undeniable that "The Painted Veil" has all the elements of an epic love story, a total Oscar material.
I cannot help but wonder why this wonderful movie came so unnoticed to the Academy...
Movie Review: A very good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I do not go to many movies , and rarely review them. Occasionally however I see a movie which I find so excellent and moving that I would like to write a few words about it. This movie is beautifully filmed, and the scenes of China opened up for me anyway, a new world. The central story of the young bacteriologist who falls in love with a discontented beauty eager to escape her parents house- her betrayal of the husband she does not love- their moving under his threat to her to a cholera stricken area where in the course of contending with the epidemic they find a way to truly loving each other- is romantic and cliched, but also very convincing.
The players are excellent , especially the leading lady.
One other point which struck strongly was the horrors of the cholera epidemic, the sight of human beings wantonly destroyed as if they were discarded animal meat. In the scene of such horrors the 'love story' nonetheless has reality and power.
A beautiful movie.
Movie Review: Real love that only real life can bring
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely adore this film. I have watched for the third time and still, I could view it again. It is so beautiful; a true story, so real and timeless.
What is love?
What moves us to become better human beings?
It amazes me how touching this story is. Here is this couple, a shallow, selfish, young woman and an idealistic, ambitious doctor, venturing forth to a strange new life in an equally strange world: Imperialist China circa the early 1900's. We watch the Naomi Watts character grow from god-awful, self-centered brat into a whole and remarkably mature woman. The beauty of the surroundings, the subtle references to English Empire in its last phases, the curious neighbor played superbly by Toby Jones. And let's not forget the amazing, Edward Norton. So, so, well-acted, with a top-rated cast (the marvelous Diana Rigg).
If you haven't had the experience of seeing this film, I envy you!
Movie Review: A blue-ribbon winner
Summary: 5 Stars
A shallow society girl and her stiff-as-a-board husband find depth and meaning to life in this outstanding excuse to tuck the kids away early and enjoy a reflective evening at home. As its name implies, everything about this film is a piece of art. It starts with the credits, a painterly, dreamlike kaleidoscope of opening flowers, single-celled organisms and duotones of Chinese peasants that hint at the story to come: one of a love that evolves, grows and blossoms as its couple faces a cholera outbreak in China. Edward Norton and Naomi Watts (both artistic specimens in their own right) play their parts with delicate strokes, as do supporting stars Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones and, though nearly unrecognizable without makeup, Diana Rigg. Watts, especially, perfectly captures her role.
With a moving score and cinematography that carefully composes each scene, "The Painted Veil" is, if not quite a masterpiece, at least an art fair winner.