Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Innocence eventually maintained

The Age of Innocence (1993)

Directed by Martin Scorsese this film based on the novel of the same name stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. In 1870s New York an upper class man engaged to a young woman with traditional values falls for her cousin who is linked to scandal.

It takes a fair amount of time for the plot of this film to get interesting, for large parts it is fairly average love triangle stuff till the last act that has some decent twist of events. Maybe the story lacks much depth but does reflect the stilted nature of the period it represents. As with any Scorsese film this is a well made effort with a good sporting cast.


4/5

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