Madeleine

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Audience Member The beginning started off very well with an interesting secret romance. The court room drama second half got boring fast though. I did like the ending though. For the most part I think the film was true to the actual bizarre true crime case story. It is based off a possible murder that happened in Scotland in the mid 1800s. The acting was well done. I think it could've been more interestingly told, but its worth a watch for the story alone if you have nothing better to do. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Exceptional cinematography, languid pace and objective POV, as Lean is known for. We have to make up our minds as to the lady's guilt or innocence. Interesting period piece that rakes up the problems of class, country, the power of men over women at the time. The errant Frenchman who refuses to marry Miss Smith because he can't support her, then forces himself upon her after she decides to marry someone else, is disturbing.. It is clear the Frenchman only sought a connection with her due to her father's wealth. Women in the mid 19th century used acid and arsenic as cometics. It's also clear that Smith wanted to rid herself of her French lover. Did she seek to kill him? Would L'Angelier kill himself? Was there any other manner in which he could've been poisoned by arsenic? There is a reasonable doubt in all these proceedings and of course Lean uses poetic license to fill in the blanks no one knows. Fascinating portrait showing the beginnings of Lean's later style. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member David Lean's melodramatic showcase for his wife, Ann Todd, was never considered one of his better films but has aged quite nicely. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the few movies given 100 rating, directed by David lean Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Ann Todd wasn't the best actress in the world, but she was married to director David Lean at this point in time and he gifted her with the starring role in this film. It doesn't come even close to his best work, but it is still a reasonably well told tale about a scandal to hit Scotland in the mid-19th century. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Based on the true 19th century story of Madeleine Smith who was tried for the murder of her lover, this film has a nice ambiguity about it which was reflected in the real verdict. None of the characters are shown as entirely good or bad, and the different conentions under which people were expected to lie at that time are shown well. Not among Daid Lean's best films, but still not bad. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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