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Madame Bovary (2014)

Drama  
Rayting:   5.7/10 7.7K votes
Country: Germany | Belgium
Language: English | French
Release date: 17 September 2015

Bored in her marriage to a country doctor and stifled by life in a small town, the restless Emma Bovary pursues her dreams of passion and excitement, whatever they may cost.

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eliahessman 15 October 2014

by Helen O'Hara - Empire Magazine

Sophia Barthes' Madame Bovary is a beautiful period adaptation of Gustav Flaubert's novel that deals with its complicated heroine in a way that is both understanding and honest. The cinematography truly stands out as the star, making this film into a visual delight.

The story follows the new wife of village doctor, Emma Bovary (Mia Wasikowska), who finds herself bored of the limited entertainments of a 19th century French provincial town. Her disappointment in her situation soon drives her to live outside the appropriate rules of society. Wasikowska is allowed in this film to stretch her trademark understated performance, and she embraces both the initial quiet resignation and the later defiant fury that defines the character. Madame Bovary is not an easy character to empathise with, especially in comparison to her caring and well-meaning husband, but Barthes chooses to take away much of the original emphasis on Monsieur Bovary in the novel. Instead she gives most of the time to the heroine, allowing the audience to greater understand her perspective and motives.

Wasikowska isn't the only one making an impression, however. Rhys Ifans is clearly having fun as the villainous merchant Monsieur Lheureux, tricking characters into self-destruction with some serious smooth-talking, whilst the great Paul Giamatti makes an appearance, albeit in an unfortunately small role as Monsieur Homais.

The greatest asset to the film lies in its visual appearance. From an exhilarating hunt scene to the stunning French setting, Barthes and cinematographer Andrij Parekh manage to capture an ethereal impression of their surroundings. It fits well with Emma's disassociation from the life that she is prescribed, with the dreamlike world around her not quite part of reality either. The costumes are sumptuously designed too; a period drama requirement for success of course, but still no less enriching.

Madame Bovary breathes life into a classic story, with a delicate hand and a careful eye. Not only is it a must for lovers of period drama and stunning visuals, but many viewers will find some empathy in a character who is willing to take into her own hands a change from a mundane existence.

russellingreviews 27 June 2015

Fmovies: "She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris." ― Gustave Flaubert

Walking into the cinema... A classic novel by Gustave Flaubert that might be familiar to many by name only, but still sets the standard for realism. Emma Bovary has been portrayed by a multitude of actresses, but how will the perennial period actress, Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) handle the disenchanted wife of Charles Bovary?

Art-house rating: 2.5 stars* Cinematic rating: 2.5 stars Big question opportunities: 3 stars

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It is the name that might sound familiar, but this may be the first time this generation has engaged the story of Madame Bovary. Set in provincial 19th century northern France, Emma Bovary is a misunderstood soul who desires more than the small country town life style. She is beautiful and loved, but an enigma to most of the people who come into her life. Her father, the boarding school nuns and her husband, Dr. Charles Bovary (Henry Lloyd-Hughes) have an adoration for her, but do not know what to do with her wandering spirit. Her arranged marriage to the community physician, Charles, affords her a certain position within this small community's societal life. Soon she finds that this life as a doctor's wife, is not as glamorous as she thought and seeks satisfaction from her boredom. Emma finds solace in decorating her home, wearing the latest fashion and living out the romance she desires in the arms of other men. Eventually, overspending and the extra- marital relationships are all brought to light and Emma must come to terms with the repercussions of these revelations.

Before dismissing this structure as a run of the mill romance novel, stop to consider that this classic tale provides something unexpected in literature. Gustave Flaubert's tragic tale explores the multiple layers of the feminine heart and what happens to someone when they painstakingly seek after the life that was not meant to be. A story chapter rich and laden with emotion. The key to a good film is a rich story. Madame Bovary provides just such a tale, but the implementation does not match the richness of the Flaubert novel.

Sophie Barthes delivers a realistic view of 19th century France by depicting the look and feel of Emma Bovary's life as a societal lady in a small town. The landscapes and French countryside provide a canvas for Barthes to paint an emotional backdrop for her acting talent. Her direction delivers a masters class in effective visual delivery, but stumbles in with her casting choices. Leaving the comments about the multiplicity of accents to a minimum and focusing on the actors themselves. (Couldn't they have at least attempted a French lilt to their delivery?) The casting missteps came in the lead characters of Mia Wasikowska and Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being a Wallflower). Wasikowska has proved her skills in portraying women of this era in Jane Eyre, but she does not have the commanding presence to play the emotional layers and sensuality of Emma Bovary. She continues to prove herself as an actress, but does not rise to the challenge of this iconic literary figure. Similarly, Ezra Miller is a striking young man, but was woefully miscast. He does not have a commanding presence on the screen and comes off like a love-sick school boy throughout the film. These central characters let Barthes' direction down and ultimately fail to provide a satisfactory experience. Paul Giamatti and Henry Lloyd-Hughes should get a nod as under- utilised talent, but t

Brandiw-1 30 August 2015

I typically like period pieces which was why I went in hopeful. Good lord, this was just a incredibly terrible movie. I stuck with it to the end thinking (hoping) at some point some resemblance of a halfway decent story-line would surface. However, I feel as though the main character was just very difficult to sympathize with. I was just merely viewing a childish and whiney woman feeling sorry for herself, sleeping around and spending money. It was just...awful. I was not familiar with this being a film adaption of a book. Perhaps someone who actually read the book would have a better background as to the point of this movie but I failed to see it. If you read the book and get it maybe you will like it- the attire was fun to look at- that was the only remotely interesting thing about the movie.

aymom 22 February 2018

Madame Bovary fmovies. In the effort to show the protagonist's boredom I believe the director tried to bore the viewer to death. I found myself looking at the time and trying to ascertain how long did I have left to watch. I do not think this movie captured the character of themes of Madame Bovary. The casting was horrible the actors were either too youthful or just horrible for the roles they were portraying.

gradyharp 16 August 2015

Yet again we have an incarnation of Flaubert's novel of infidelity and this time the transformation of the book to screen (by Felipe Marino and director Sophie Barthes) is, at best, weak. The pacing of the film is adagio and the cast is adequate if unremarkable. The only standout in the film is the costumer and the strange but adequately atmospheric music by Evgueni and Sacha Galperine.

For those who have forgotten the story, 'In mid-1800s Normandy, France, farmer's daughter Emma (Mia Wasikowska) leaves the convent where she was educated and marries a young doctor, Charles Bovary (Henry Lloyd-Hughes). With high hopes for a fulfilling and romantic future like the ones she reads about in novels, Emma leaves her childhood home and loving father, moving to the small town of Yonville where Charles has based his practice. While Charles loves his new wife, he is consumed by his work and is out of the house all day visiting patients. During their brief daily time together, Emma is bored and repulsed by his talk of ailments and dull business affairs, and Charles is all but oblivious to her ennui. With no regular company besides their maid, Henriette (Laura Carmichael), Emma becomes a vulnerable client to the crafty local merchant Lheureux (Rhys Ifans), who entices her with luxury goods available for purchase on credit. Emma soon befriends a young clerk, Leon Dupuis (Ezra Miller), who shares her romantic frame of mind and disdain for provincial Yonville. Emma longs to go to Paris and immerse herself in the culture, and has quickly tired of her dull existence as a country doctor's wife. Leon secretly confesses his love to Emma, who, despite the mutual attraction, dismisses his advances. Leon departs for law studies in Paris. Charles and Emma are invited to a hunting party by the Marquis d'Andervilliers (Logan Marshall- Green), who had dropped by Doctor Bovary's house to have one of his servants treated. The Marquis was immediately attracted to Emma, who becomes so excited about the excursion into high society that she orders expensive clothes from Lheureux for the occasion. At the party, she is entranced by the luxury of the upper-class and by the subtle advances of the Marquis, whom she meets once more at an agricultural show. Emma's thirst for extravagance only grows, and she begins to spend liberally to beautify the house and her wardrobe, all on credit from Lheureux. She also takes the advice of local pharmacist Homais (Paul Giamatti) and convinces her husband to operate on the club-foot of Homais' servant Hippolyte (Luke Tittensor) and become a celebrated surgeon. The surgery fails. Ashamed of her husband's incompetence and feeling all the more stifled, Emma visits the Marquis at his home and confesses her misery. They begin an affair, with Emma making regular trips on foot through the woods to visit him. Charles has no inkling of his wife's unhappiness in the marriage or of her affair. Emma eventually begs the Marquis to run away with her, and though he initially refuses, he calms her by promising to make arrangements to elope.' And to tell the rest would be consider spoilers.

Mediocre at best this is a very long song that could have been so much better in so many ways.

jparsons-106-257792 12 October 2015

The Emma Bovary of this movie was not charming, not attractive, not spirited, not well intentioned, not seemingly disturbed by her own conduct, and displayed no real depth of character, and she thereby offered me no reason to somehow bond emotionally with her as she stumbled into a tragic life of her own making; I never became invested in the outcome beyond increasingly wanting the story to end. The other characters in this movie were almost all as equally unmoving and dull. When the movie was over, it was not over soon enough. Maybe it was the fault of the director that this thing was a stinker. Whatever the problem with this movie, don't subject yourself to it.

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