The Scarlet Letter
by Roland Joff?
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Actor: Demi Moore, Edward Hardwicke, Gary Oldman, Lisa Andoh, Robert DuvallDirector: Roland Joff?
Brand: BUENA VISTA HOME VIDEO
Producer: Roland Joff?
Producer: Andrew G. Vajna
Producer: Dodi Fayed
Producer: Jonathan Cornick
Producer: Robert F. Colesberry
Writer: Douglas Day Stewart
Writer: Nathaniel Hawthorne
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Scarlet Letter
Movie Review: They just didn't care
Summary: 1 Stars
Sign 1 that they just didn't care: Hester's "scarlet" letter is GOLD! So the title is summarily completely smashed into irrelevancy by a mere STUPID DESIGN CHOICE.
There's a very strong implication around the movie that SOMEONE involved in the whole making of this film either did not read the book at all, or did not read the book and received a brief summary from which they began to pick and choose what to film.
And for what? What's the purpose of making a film version of a complex moral tale and classic, and proceed to completely miss the point while crafting their own incoherent tale within a context that not even the director understands---What's so bad about a 17th century (or 19th century, as the director once stated) woman having an affair with a REVEREND, even if her husband is missing?
Unless you and your spouse have an open-relationship where you both have sex with others outside of wedlock and are fine with this, then this is a question that rarely needs to be asked, ESPECIALLY in 1600s PURITANICAL America!
Arbitrary scenes of Hollywood-style sex and sexual titilation are there just for whatever, and the end scene involves TOTALLY RANDOM INDIAN ATTACK! as a Deus Ex Machina to save the cuddly heroes who are too pretty to be executed by stuffy Puritans!
Hilarity reaches peak levels when Demi Moore defends it by claiming "Well, not many people have read the book!" Even given the propensity for some 80-90% of High School Students not reading a REQUIRED READING book by going through cliff notes or relying on other kids to help them, it's a very strong case to say her statement is false to a degree of laughing out loud.
And again, what was the point of making the letter on her dress GOLDEN?! Perhaps as a sign the filmmakers completely didn't even read the book's description, they probably thought it was some kind of symbolic title, instead of even looking at a picture on some editions to see her WEARING A SCARLET LETTER ON HER DRESS!
Summary of The Scarlet Letter
Sexy Demi Moore (DISCLOSURE, INDECENT PROPOSAL) heats up this powerfully sensual story of illicit love! In a time when adultery is punishable by death, Hester Prynne (Moore) becomes involved in a risky and scandalous affair with her town's handsome minister (Gary Oldman -- MURDER IN THE FIRST). But when their secret passion results in a child, Hester is confronted with the town's overwhelming scorn ... and is condemned to forever wear the scarlet letter "A" as a public brand of shame! A highly provocative retelling of the classic tale of forbidden love, THE SCARLET LETTER combines a sizzling story with exciting stars and delivers must-see entertainment.In yet another example of Demi Moore's astonishing narcissism, this appalling adaptation of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Great American Novel becomes a teary, talk-show-worthy story of a woman rediscovering the erotic, of interrupted love, of a brave-but-beleaguered heroine's personal struggle against male stupidity. Never mind that this has little to do with Hawthorne's magnificent, protofeminist book, which is a million times more relevant today than this film could ever be. Director Roland Joff? (The Killing Fields) deserves to be horsewhipped for colluding with Moore's self-fascination, while Gary Oldman should be kicked in the pants for allowing the novel's main character to come off as an inconsequential ninny. Making matters worse, Robert Duvall can be seen ridiculously dancing with a deerskin on his head. If this film were a joke, it would be a very bad joke. But it's not, and that's worse. --Tom Keogh
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