Dotsthavesp
I wanted to but couldn't!
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Marva
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
bestvisions
When a preview begins with "From acclaimed director...", it sets itself up for high expectations. When the next two words are "Sofia Coppola", most people's reaction would rightfully be "huh?".This "acclaimed director" is also the "acclaimed screenwriter" of this cinematic disaster. The screenplay is horrendous. The dialogue is strained and minimal. Characters are not developed. I found myself pitying Kidman and Farrell for having to report to work for such an inept director.
Coppola evidently feels that suspense is built by endless shots of trees and the house in mist. Her overuse of this amateur device made me think that at any moment a commercial voice-over would declare "Virginia is For Lovers". And in true Coppola cliche fashion, so many scenes are so weakly illuminated. Straining to see whatever was happening, I actually screamed at my TV, "light the damn scene!".Other than skipping this movie, my advice to Coppola is to get out of the business. You're a disgrace to screenwriters and directors who would have done far better than you with this material. And stop believing your own hype.
philip_kipling
Watched it because I liked the first one with Clint Eastwood, very disappointed with this one.
Osmosis Iron
Reminds us that deep south was always messed up :D and ends just when it gets interesting.. sort of a "meh" movie!
pmgeorgini-255-674247
Ms. Coppola is an innovative, brilliant producer, director, and writer. I very much enjoyed her Marie Antoinette project, starring Kirsten Dunst, who was in this film, too. Her Lost in Translation film was amazing. She has done much for the film industry and for women. But I'm sorry to say that this remake of The Beguiled 2017 lacked substance and passion. Well, you can't win them all!The entire cast is very talented in their own right. I've seen most of these actors in other great films. One of my all time favorites is Colin Farrell. I was hoping for that same fire and strength that he exuded in many of his other great films. It just wasn't there or perhaps I couldn't see it through the very dim lighting. Sorry to say, this remake doesn't even compare to the 1971 film with Clint Eastwood. The lighting was so poor that I couldn't even see the expressions on each of their faces to determine whether their performances were good or bad. I see what Ms. Coppola was going for in this dated piece--natural lighting, candlelight and such, but that poor lighting was practically throughout the whole movie. At first I thought there was a problem with my SmartTV. But I stuck it out until the end. The characters, though isolated and backward, longed for excitement; longed for change; longed for love! Enter John McBurney. I could sense their loneliness and boredom, but there was no passion or even joy, for that matter! As for the so-called sexual tension--what sexual tension? So I'm really surprised that this movie made it to the cutting room much less to the theatres. No disrespect intended. Whatever else she pursues, I wish Sofia Coppola all the best.