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Cousin Bette

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Lovelorn Bette (Jessica Lange) falls for an artist, Count Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young), but is enraged when the sculptor instead decides to pursue Bette's rival, Hortense Hulot (Kelly Macdonald). Hortense's good fortune cements Bette's hatred of the Hulots, her wealthy in-laws, so she decides to ruin the family. Bette persuades beautiful prostitute Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth Shue) to seduce Wenceslas in the hope it will harm Hortense, but the plan has unforeseen results.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3/4
It is fascinating to watch Cousin Bette as she lies to everyone, pulls the strings of her puppets, and distributes justice and revenge like an angry god. Go to Full Review
David Noh Film Journal International 01/08/2007
Plays more like a crinolined episode of 'Dynasty.' Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 06/12/2005
C
Disappointing black comedy, based on Balzac's novel Go to Full Review
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 04/09/2005
B-
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 01/08/2005
3/5
Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal 07/16/2004
4/5
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Alain E @AlainE Mar 3 One more proof that professional critics are often clueless. Only the late Roger Ebert recognized that this is a really good social satire. Very well photographed with splendid visual elements from the period. A tale about money, power, yearning and naked behinds. On Prime with excellent image and sound. See more Godfrey D 08/11/2024 Its a really good movie. See more Bulgantamir B 08/10/2024 The plot was instructive See more Munkhjargal A 08/10/2024 This movie has become a very interesting movie that has attracted the attention of the audience. The angle the director was able to see is amazing. The roles of the actors in the film were very special. I liked this movie very much. See more Бавуу Э 08/10/2024 Lovelorn Bette (Jessica Lange) falls for an artist, Count Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young), but is enraged when the sculptor instead decides to pursue Bette's rival, Hortense Hulot (Kelly Macdonald). Hortense's good fortune cements Bette's hatred of the Hulots, her wealthy in-laws, so she decides to ruin the family. Bette persuades beautiful prostitute Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth Shue) to seduce Wenceslas in the hope it will harm Hortense, but the plan has unforeseen results. See more 07/07/2020 A saucy French novel about revenge. This movie can go over people's head who are looking something flashy. A morality tale See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Lovelorn Bette (Jessica Lange) falls for an artist, Count Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young), but is enraged when the sculptor instead decides to pursue Bette's rival, Hortense Hulot (Kelly Macdonald). Hortense's good fortune cements Bette's hatred of the Hulots, her wealthy in-laws, so she decides to ruin the family. Bette persuades beautiful prostitute Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth Shue) to seduce Wenceslas in the hope it will harm Hortense, but the plan has unforeseen results.
Director
Des McAnuff
Producer
Sarah Radclyffe
Screenwriter
Honoré de Balzac, Lynn Siefert, Susan Tarr
Production Co
Fox Searchlight
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.2M
Runtime
1h 47m
Sound Mix
Dolby, Surround
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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