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Up at the Villa (2000)

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User Rating: 5.9/10 (1,171 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Philip Haas
Writers (WGA):
W. Somerset Maugham (book)
Belinda Haas (screenplay)
Release Date:
5 May 2000 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Danger is the ultimate attraction.
Plot:
Somerset Maugham was a master teller of stories about superficial people who are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Beautiful sets & music, weak script, so-so acting more

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 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.
Runtime:
115 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
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Referenced in Amores Possíveis (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Schatz-Walzer more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Beautiful sets & music, weak script, so-so acting, 13 May 2001
6/10
Author: Jay Harris (sirbossman6969@yahoo.com) from United States

My summary above, just about sums my opinion up. This is based on a W.Somerset Maugham novella, If so the writers sure did not make it seem like any Maugham story I ever read. The first 3/4 hours are Ok & seem like a Maugham story then it goes downhill fast into melodrama, with all the required overacting dramatics that this well known cast can muster. Kristin Scott Thomas is the lead,(cross between Bette Davis & Gene Tierney) Sean Penn is a charming gigolo type & very subdued & with a very strange accent,(at least it is understandable. Jeremy Davies is a young refugee who sets off all the ensuing drama, with a bad accent. Anne Bancroft overacts as usual as the countess who knows all the secrets. James Fox is a usual a pompous --- cant he play anything else.

If you like beautiful scenery & sets, see this otherwise, give it a pass, My rating is **1/2

as always

jay harris

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