Rotten
It's lavish but lulling, and at two hours and 18 minutes, it's something of a bore.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Overview
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Director and cast
- Mira Nair Director
- Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp
- James Purefoy as Rawdon Crawley
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as George Osborne
- Romola Garai as Amelia Sedley
- Gabriel Byrne as The Marquess of Steyne
- Rhys Ifans as William Dobbin
- Jim Broadbent as Mr. Osborne
- Bob Hoskins as Sir Pitt Crawley
- Eileen Atkins as Miss Matilda Crawley
- Tony Maudsley as Joseph Sedley
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A less than absorbing adaptation of Thackeray's sprawling but sharp-witted classic.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Rotten
Scene by scene and moment to moment, it's a woeful misreading of the book.
Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Fresh
Witherspoon moves director Mira Nair's version of Thackeray's social satire forward at a good clip, making Becky's rising and falling fortunes an intensely watchable spectator sport.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
There is no depth beneath its bright surfaces, no potent emotional undercurrents.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
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