Synopses & Reviews
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"An uncommonly well-crafted historical feminist tearjerker both anti-patriarchal and a monument to motherhood." David Edlstein, New York Magazine
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"[A] handsome historical film, impeccably mounted, gowned, wigged and feathered." Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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"[Fiennes gives] a quietly complex performance almost beyond words." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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"[T]he saga of a vibrant and forward-thinking woman hampered by the constraints of a rigid society." Claudia Puig, USA Today