Rotten
"Bel Ami" is a handsome production, yet riddled with weaknesses.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Bel Ami
Temptation. Seduction. Obsession.
2012 · 1h 42m
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Nick Ormerod
,
Declan Donnellan
Overview
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
Director and cast
- Nick Ormerod Director
- Declan Donnellan Director
- Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy
- Christina Ricci as Clotilde de Marelle
- Uma Thurman as Madeleine Forestier
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Virginie Walters
- Natalia Tena as Rachel
- Holliday Grainger as Suzanne Rousset
- Colm Meaney as Rousset
- Philip Glenister as Charles Forestier
- James Lance as François Laroche
- Anthony Higgins as Comte de Vaudrec
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
The supposedly cunning protagonist registers as a cipher, and the directors' tendency to shoot dialogue scenes in close-up blunts any understanding of the social milieu he's trying to conquer.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Rotten
The women are all elegant and intelligent, they know the ways of the world, and they know Georges' history. Why do they find him attractive? We don't, and that failure is the downfall of the film.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
Pattinson's passion is bloodless, his rakish George Duroy a font of undelivered potential.
John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten
Good actors flit in and out of the movie - particularly Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney - but no one seems able to conquer the essential silliness of it all...
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
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