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Plot Summary
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, Silk is a visually stunning epic spanning two continents. Hervé Joncour's (Michael Pitt) devotion to his beautiful bride (Keira Knightley) is tested by increasingly, dangerous trade missions in search of silkworms for his towns survival. From his journeys to Japan, Hervé brings great wealth for his village, but with each return to the Far East he becomes torn by the temptation of a local warlords sensuous concubine and his love for Hèléne.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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7%- Reviews Counted: 56
- Fresh: 4
- Rotten: 52
- Average Rating: 3.8/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: [Director] Girard confuses pretty scenery doused in ponderous music with epic visual poetry. Impenetrable musings intended to evoke ineffable romantic longing leave you scratching your head as you wait, ever more impatiently, for something to happen.
Rotten: [Alfred] Molina, as Baldabiou, is the only cast member who transcends the material -- as he always does -- and his scenes are considerably more invigorated than the rest of the film.
Rotten: Silk isn't just bad. It's utterly mad.
Rotten: The main problem is the casting, with Michael Pitt and Keira Knightley evidently competing to see who can be more attractive and vacuous.
Customer Reviews
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Slow slow slow, boring boring boring. Like watching paint dry. Time comes to a standstill when you watch this.
very good
this was a romantic movie, not to much action in it but it was very emotionaly intriguing
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- $17.99
- Genre: Drama
- Released: 2008
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