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The Scarlet Letter
The life of a young beautiful married woman, Haster, who goes to England, in order to have a new independent life with her husband, who said to be killed by the Indians, the thing that inspires her love relationship with a young handsome man, from whom she has a child, the thing that leads her to prison.
15 April 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
1921, Alabama, USA
20 July 1991, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
19 June 1967, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
August 31, 2004
For anyone who's ever wondered why Hawthorne left out the mute servants, red cockatoos, and rolls in the proverbial hay. As Hawthorne himself would say: "Ignominious!"
June 18, 2002
This is a well-acted, beautiful movie.
August 04, 2009
"Freely adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne," the credits say cautiously. I'll say.
August 04, 2009
For all the talent on display, this is a waste of movie.
June 24, 2006
Not only does the film bear little resemblance to the source novel, but it's cluttered with ridiculous symbolism.
August 04, 2009
Rage, love, defiance, confusion, fear -- Moore just sticks out her chin and makes her eyes brim with tears. She's the stolidly immovable object at the film's center, and there's no getting around her.
February 13, 2001
Though it's unclear what the audience would be for a faithful rendition of the Hawthorne novel, the question of who would ever want to see this one is murkier still.
August 04, 2009
Despite the cast taking themselves very seriously indeed, The Scarlet Letter is a great comic turn, complete with cod-accents and other period jiggery-pokery.
August 30, 2004
If you've read the book you won't know the ending. Let's just say that Indians with flaming arrows come to the rescue. They manage to keep a straight face, which is more than anyone in the audience will be able to do.
May 19, 2005
Oh, Roland Joffé, thy free adaptation of the Hawthorne classic didst produce abudant derisive laughter. Didst thou once direct 'The Killing Fields?'
November 16, 2010
Slaughter, sin, and sex in classic-turned-movie misfire.
March 26, 2009
A very '90s take on a 1660s tale written in 1850, as a picture of early colonial life it's about as convincing as Pocahontas.
