Stilted and stagey with no natural flow of rhythm or narrative realism. Emma Bovary may well have been in a stultifying marriage but it did not mean we had to sit through a stultifying film.
In spite of a powerful cast, including Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti and Rhys Ifans, Madame Bovary is a major disappointment.
Rating: 46%
Director: Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls)
Writer: Felipe Marino, Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls) – adapted from the novel by Flaubert
Main Cast: Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are Alright), Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man), Rhys Ifans (The Amazing Spiderman, Anonymous), Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Anna Karenina, Anonymous)
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