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Basil

Play trailer Poster for Basil R Released Jun 9, 1998 1h 36m Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 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 Audience Member This film is a sad and pathetic assault on ones intelligence. It is an endless parade of improbable and unlikely events strung together in the form, if not substance, of a narrative. Here is an example of the level of thought put into this movie: At one point young Basil scares a little girl by using cellophane tape to distort his facial features. We have all done it. You just tape your nose to one side and you eyelids in extreme angles and you are good to go. There is just one problem. Cellophane Tape was invented by Dick Drew in 1930 and not during Victorian times. This movie belongs to the same dubious subset of films as Endless Love starring Brooke Shields. If you enjoyed that one then queue this up and prepare for a feast. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 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