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5.9/10   1,527 votes
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Director:
Philip Haas
Writers (WGA):
W. Somerset Maugham (book)
Belinda Haas (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 May 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Danger is the ultimate attraction.
Plot:
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
pretentious, but classy..... Penn very miscast more (49 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kristin Scott Thomas ... Mary Panton

Sean Penn ... Rowley Flint

Anne Bancroft ... Princess San Ferdinando
James Fox ... Sir Edgar Swift

Jeremy Davies ... Karl Richter

Derek Jacobi ... Lucky Leadbetter
Massimo Ghini ... Beppino Leopardi
Dudley Sutton ... Harold Atkinson
Lorenza Indovina ... Nina
Roger Hammond ... Colin Mackenzie
Clive Merrison ... Archibald Grey
Linda Spurrier ... Hilda Grey
Ben Aris ... Col. Trail
Anne Ridler ... Lady Trail
Ann Bell ... Beryl Bryson (as Anne Bell)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements.
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Runtime:
115 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
UK:12 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | USA:PG-13
Company:
Intermedia Films more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Anne Bancroft's character is reclining in the chaise lounge, the level of her drink goes from nearly full to nearly empty and back to nearly full in different shots while she is drinking it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Amores Possíveis (2001) more
Soundtrack:
Schatz-Walzer more

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9 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
pretentious, but classy..... Penn very miscast, 29 July 2003
5/10
Author: zeula from new york, ny

This was a little surprise recent movie for me..... Considering, I've been watching so many newly released junk, cranking from Hollywood these days....... I mean, to the point, where I was just simply hopeless, wondering, if Hollywood was ever gonna make anymore decent, quality films, ''which made sense''...... I found ''Up At The Villa'' a consistent film, which held on to my attention..... Kristin Scott Thomas plays her role very well.... Her character was believable thru out, and her acting, natural...... Although, I kinda found this film, pretentious at times, involving upper class europeans etc...... Very typical, or maybe just the way, the movie is presented..... Sometimes, the film is too talky, especially, w/ scenes between Kristin & Sean Penn...... Sean Penn, is probably the entire film's, most miscast actor...... He seems so detached from the movie, like he dropped in from somewhere else...... He doesn't have much chemistry w/ Kristin, and their relationship, isn't believable..... It's not even about Sean's physical appearance, but the way her carries himself, and his gestures, when he talks, sounding like he's some rebellious hitman, or druglord, or ganster...... whatever..... As much as he tried to belong, I think, this is not the type of film suitable for him..... I don't even know, why he accepted it, to begin w/....... As such a reputable decent actor, playing an unconvincing role like this, just downgrade's his status......

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