The House of Mirth (2000)
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Critic Consensus: Despite being a period piece, The House of Mirth's depiction of social cruelty still feels chilling and relevant for today.
Movie Info
Cast
as Lily Bart
as Lawrence Selden
as Gus Trenor
as Sim Rosedale
as Bertha Dorset
as George Dorset
as Carry Fisher
as Mrs. Peniston
as Percy Gryce
as Grace Stepney
as Judy Trenor
as Evie Van Osburgh
as Mrs. Haffen
as Jack Stepney
as Gwen Stepney
as Mrs. Hatch
as Madame Regina
as Miss Haines
as Mrs. Bry
as Lord Hubert Dacy
as Mr. Bry
as Ned Silverton
as Jennings the Butler
as Lawyer
as Mattie Gormer
as Paul Morpeth
as Edith Fisher
as Parlour Maid
as Clerk
as Dorset Butler
as Landlady
as Millinery Girl
as Millinery Girl
as Millinery Girl
as Millinery Girl
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Critic Reviews for The House of Mirth
All Critics (100) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (82) | Rotten (18) | DVD (6)
A very worthwhile adaptation of Wharton's novel.
Besides his remarkable ability to render a profound sense of past in all his films, Davies can uncannily map out the emotions of his characters via his mise-en-scene.
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.
This is very much Anderson's film.
It has such an eerie contemporary resonance that you nearly forget about the horses and corsets and lamplight.
Both literate and literary, it is serious without being humorless.
Audience Reviews for The House of Mirth
Good and beautiful to look at but so depressing!
Super Reviewer
it's a bit stiff in the execution and the bulk of it's power derives from wharton's novel: a woman of independent ideas is crushed by the 19th century. gillian anderson well deserves all the praise; however eric stoltz and dan ackroyd just seem odd in this setting. i cried a lil bit. love costume drama. i'm such a girl :P
Super Reviewer
Gillian Anderson is a perfect Lily Bart, because we realize that though the narrative is ostensibly centered on her, her blandness really lets the supporting cast shine (particularly the Lovely Laura Linney!).
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