Fresh
Davies breathes fresh air through the wax museum corridors of the costume drama by finding behind all that stiff-spined pomp and circumstance the most venal of impulses.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
The House of Mirth
When a woman has the beauty men admire and women envy... it is wise to tread carefully.
2000 · 2h 15m · PG
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Terence Davies
Overview
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.
Director and cast
- Terence Davies Director
- Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart
- Dan Aykroyd as Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
- Eleanor Bron as Mrs. Julia Peniston, Lily's Aunt
- Terry Kinney as George Dorset
- Anthony LaPaglia as Sim Rosedale
- Laura Linney as Bertha Dorset
- Jodhi May as Grace Julia Stepney
- Elizabeth McGovern as Mrs. Carry Fisher
- Eric Stoltz as Lawrence Selden
- Penny Downie as Judy Trenor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is very much Anderson's film.
Desmond Ryan, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
It has such an eerie contemporary resonance that you nearly forget about the horses and corsets and lamplight.
Sara Wildberger, Miami Herald
Fresh
Both literate and literary, it is serious without being humorless.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
Lovely to look at.
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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