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Title: A Good Woman (2004)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Helen Hunt | ... | Mrs. Erlynne | |
| Scarlett Johansson | ... | Meg Windermere | |
| Milena Vukotic | ... | Contessa Lucchino | |
| Stephen Campbell Moore | ... | Lord Darlington | |
| Mark Umbers | ... | Robert Windemere | |
| Roger Hammond | ... | Cecil | |
| John Standing | ... | Dumby | |
| Tom Wilkinson | ... | Tuppy | |
| Giorgia Massetti | ... | Alessandra | |
| Diana Hardcastle | ... | Lady Plymdale | |
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Shara Orano | ... | Francesca |
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Jane How | ... | Mrs. Stutfield |
| Bruce McGuire | ... | Waiter Joe | |
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Michael Stromme | ... | Hotel Desk Clerk |
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Antonio Barbaro | ... | Paulo |
In 1930, Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt), who describes herself as poor and infamous, driven from New York City society by jealous wives, sees a news photo of wealthy Lord Windermere (Mark Umbers) and his young wife (Scarlett Johansson). She heads for the Amalfi Coast to be amongst the rich and famous for "the season" and to snare Mr. Windermere. Gossips twitter as he spends his afternoons with her, his wife blissfully innocent as she blushingly fends off attentions from a young English nobleman, an international playboy who thinks he's in love. Mrs. Erlynne is also pursued by a worldly-wise older English nobleman. Mrs. Windermere's twentieth birthday party approaches, where all plays out amidst numerous amoral Wildean aphorisms. Written by Huigh
I thought I would treat myself to two Scarlett Johansson films this morning and I am glad that I did. As lovely as she was in Lost in Translation, she was dazzling in A Good Woman.
This film requires that you invest your full attention or you will miss most of the really great gems:
"I like America. Name me another society that's gone from barbarism to decadence without bothering to create a civilization in between."
"You're so fond of gossip you don't give the truth a chance to put its pants on."
"Every man is born truthful and every man dies a liar."
"Crying is the refuge of plain women. Pretty women go shopping."
Oh, there were so many many more. That was what was so great about this film - aside from staring at Scarlett, of course. I have always liked Helen Hunt, and she played magnificently here. I remember her fondly from "Mad About You." The only other movie I have seen her in was "As Good as it Gets," but I will be looking for "Bobby" to see her again.
I won't go into the details of the story as that would spoil it for you, suffice it to say that it makes for a very interesting background to this film about love and morals. It is sweet, funny, tender, and imminently fun.