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6.6/10
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The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.The wife's affair and a death in the family hasten the demise of an upper-class English marriage.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
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Not bad in itself, but entirely missing the point.
Though I've been enjoying the movie very much, I'd rather not compare it with the original novel by Evelyn Waugh on which it was based. Because the very point of the savage satirical masterpiece is missing in this film, which turned out to be only the tragical drama about adultery, the death in the family, the "saintly" husband and a hypocritical bitch of a wife who ruined their perfect image of family for nothing (not very refreshing story, I'd say). The actors did their best, and the atmosphere is delivered perfectly, but...it's hard to say why - the filmmakers revealed to us only the surface image of what the story is really about. Lacking the deadly satire of the original novel - it's turned out to be another work entirely.
"I will show you fear in a handful of dust" (c) - they didn't manage to do it. They showed only the typical tragedy of the cliché-situation.
Therefore my rating - "6", for a nice picture and acting, but for entire lack of the whole point.
"I will show you fear in a handful of dust" (c) - they didn't manage to do it. They showed only the typical tragedy of the cliché-situation.
Therefore my rating - "6", for a nice picture and acting, but for entire lack of the whole point.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,560,700
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $35,470
- Jun 26, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $1,560,700
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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