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Basil

R Released Jun 9, 1998 1h 36m Romance List
0% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 46% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A wealthy young man pursues a beautiful woman and ignores the restraints of aristocracy and his overbearing, disapproving father.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 12, 2005 Full Review Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Rated: 5/10 Apr 21, 2004 Full Review Caffeinated Clint Moviehole Next time the actors might ask to see a script first Rated: 2/5 Sep 17, 2002 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 2.5/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Elspeth Haughton Apollo Guide Rated: 40/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Even if you are in bed with a heavy case of nostalgia for the late 90's, do not watch this one. Cheap, slow, almost fake. Awful acting from rather talented actors. Jared Leto offers his most Barbie doll-like expressions, while Claire Forlani tries to fool the audience acting as a sensual man eater, she fails miserably. Not to mention the score seems to be taken from a sunday afternoon flick. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/28/23 Full Review william s This was like a high school play which probably would have been better written. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Somewhat enjoyable, but the characters are one-dimensional, driven by a single, usually class-based motivation. No real explanations why Basil & his brother give up their lives for women they don't really know; why Julia loves Christian. . . Leto is eye-candy. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member One of my least favorite Jared Leto movies. He was ok in it though his British accent wasn't too believable. The best parts were Jared saying "Well what?" and Christian Slater seeing his "ugly" face and jumping off the nearest cliff. not the best... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Typical good guy; always running after the bad elements. All in all the show was good. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member I have a Thing for Victorian Themed Movies, this one has a few Twists that makes it quite enjoyable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A wealthy young man pursues a beautiful woman and ignores the restraints of aristocracy and his overbearing, disapproving father.
Director
Radha Bharadwaj
Screenwriter
Wilkie Collins, Radha Bharadwaj
Distributor
Touchstone Pictures, Kushner-Locke Company
Production Co
Showcareer Limited Production
Rating
R
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 9, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 21, 2017
Runtime
1h 36m
Sound Mix
Dolby
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