The Beguiled

6/23/20171h 33m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Innocent, until betrayed. ~

Overview:

During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Director:

Sofia Coppola

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$10,500,000.00

Revenue:

$27,869,129.00

Key words:

based on novel or book
remake
sexual tension
period drama
union soldier
virginia
american civil war
woman director
confederacy
19th century
girls' school

Cast

Colin Farrell

~ as ~

Corporal McBurney

Nicole Kidman

~ as ~

Miss Martha

Kirsten Dunst

~ as ~

Edwina

Elle Fanning

~ as ~

Alicia

Oona Laurence

~ as ~

Amy

Angourie Rice

~ as ~

Jane

Addison Riecke

~ as ~

Marie

Emma Howard

~ as ~

Emily

Wayne Pére

~ as ~

Captain

Matt Story

~ as ~

Confederate Soldier

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Reviews (2)

Reno
Written 8 year(s) ago
7
The lust and the destruction!

I neither read the book, nor seen the original film. It was a small slice of the American civil war. But did not focused on the actual war. A fictional drama that followed an injured soldier who sheltered in a girls school was looked after well by the stayed back teachers and students. While he was recovering, fallen in love with one of the women. But everybody else too had a little crush on him since he's the one man around. That causes a bump, following a twist in the tale, all comes to halt.

A simple and nice drama. Best picks for the roles. But Kristen Dunst did not sync-in with the rest of the girls. Nice clothings too, a perfect recreation of the mid 19th century. I enjoyed it, good for watching at once, but I bet those who watched both the version would go for the old one. Especially for Clint Eastwood. Though Colin Ferrell was not bad in this. Not the best film from Sofia Coppola compared with her others, definitely not worst either.

7/10
Gimly
Written 7 year(s) ago
5
A well acted Civil War drama, but one that perhaps would have played better on the stage of a theatre than the screen of a cinema.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.