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Easy Virtue (2008) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 15,634 users
Metascore: 58/100
Reviews: 78 user | 133 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window. Director:Stephan Elliott |
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Between world wars, the Whittaker's estate is sinking; only the iron will of Mrs. Whittaker staves off bankruptcy while she awaits her son John's return from the continent. To her dismay, he brings a bride: an American widow who races cars. The bride, Larita, thinks she and John will visit and then go to London, where he'll work and she'll race. But John is to the manor born, and mother is nothing if not a master at plans and manipulation. Soon it's all-out war between mother and bride, with John's father, a burnt out veteran of the Great War, in the bride's corner ineffectually. Mother has a plan to join with the neighboring estate; only Larita is in her way. Can't we all get along? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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estate | american | manipulation | pillowcase | songs sung old style |Taglines:
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Rated PG-13 for sexual content, brief partial nudity, and smoking throughout | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
19 June 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend:
£225,772 (UK) (14 November 2008)Gross:
$2,656,324 (USA) (2 October 2009)Company Credits
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Marion Whittaker: I don't feel like smiling.
Mr. Whittaker: You're English dear, fake it.
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Written by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay
Published by B. Feldman & Co / EMI Music Publishing Ltd (ASCAP)
Licensed courtesy of EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by David Romano and Sean Palmer with The Easy Virtue Orchestra
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In the vintage Monte Carlo scene which opens the movie, when Larita first sees John both her and John's movements are slowed down while the rest of the cast play at 'normal' (i.e newsreel) speed. This was accomplished by filming the crowd, Larita, John, the background and the foreground mechanics separately against green screen and compositing them together at different speeds. See more »Goofs
The motorcycle that Mr. Whittaker is working on in the shed is definitely a much newer model than 1924. See more »Quotes
Mrs. Whittaker: Smile, Marion.Marion Whittaker: I don't feel like smiling.
Mr. Whittaker: You're English dear, fake it.
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When You're SmilingWritten by Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin and Larry Shay
Published by B. Feldman & Co / EMI Music Publishing Ltd (ASCAP)
Licensed courtesy of EMI Music Publishing Ltd
Performed by David Romano and Sean Palmer with The Easy Virtue Orchestra
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Brilliant, sparkling, joyful and sad, passionate and exciting, sweet and sour, elegant, refined and superbly ungraceful at the same time: contrasting adjectives are very fit for this captivating movie, which really hits the mark in a superb way. No flaw is to be found: the construction is solid and yet dynamic, highly-range acting is offered by the whole cast (but let me define Kristin Scott Thomas as sublime). The director creates a really enjoyable product, capable as it is of gaining the favour of the audience and to satisfy the viewer, both from an aesthetic and emotional point of view. The sound and authentic British humour stirring from the beginning to the end, makes one laugh but also think about the necessity to overcome a stuffy traditionalist attitude which make look back to a fossilized but no longer valid past,in order to let the new enter the scene, with all its dramatic potential of change. All certainties are questioned and prove to be dramatically frail. The conflict between the traditional English sobriety and self-control and the non-conformist American way of life gives rise to funny but also thoughtful moments of tension, subtly underlined by witty dialogues and emotionally engaging musical and dancing exchanges. A movie to be seen, heard, and enjoyed in every single part.