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by telynor  in Movies,  - Top 200, Jul 03 '04
Pros: Lovely costumes and sets that won the film an Oscar.
Cons: The performances, silly language, Joely Richardson as Marie Antoinette. Phooey.
I was looking forward to watching this film when I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of it. Alas, I should have known something was up when I never saw a mention of it either at local theatres or at the library. Taking one of the footnotes ...
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by Ironcladd - Top 500, Oct 13 '04
Pros: Nice costumes.
Cons: Everything else, especially the acting.
The Affair of the Necklace is an Affair to Forget. By James Zaworski The French Revolution was one of those pivotal events in Western Civilization that was multitudinous in both cause and effect. Sitting on the cusp of the Enlightenment, and the ...
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by wlswarts - Top 500, Feb 06 '05
Pros: Excellent Cast, Two Lines of Dialog
Cons: Lackluster Acting, Dismal Plot, Uninteresting Characters, Repetitive use of footage
There ought to be a rule about actors appearing in period films. If you appear in a film set in the past, you may only appear in another one if your role is very different and the overall story of the movie is significantly different. As it stands, ...
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by blue91 , Aug 17 '02
Pros: score, set design, costumes
Cons: pacing, dialogue, stilted acting and poor direction
I'm a sucker for period movies the way some people are suckers for actions movies. You know going into the movie that you're there to see stuff get blown up (in the case of action movies) or to see pretty dresses and sets (costume drama). For the most...
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by sussmanbern , Dec 20 '01
Pros: Excellent production values, acting, effects, costumes...
Cons: Pacing is a bit uneven.
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE is the dramatization of a very real chapter in the closing decades of the French monarchy. It's about a scam, a swindle, that involved people at the highest level of French aristocracy. If you can remember back about a ...
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by tiffanyjill , Jul 29 '02
Pros: Elaborate costume drama. Won Best Costume Academy Award. Intriguing story.
Cons: Hilary Swank stars.
The Affair of the Necklace is an elaborate period drama about an event that was used as a catalyst for the French Revolution.
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The movie begins with the trial of Jeanne de la Motte Valois, a French woman of noble descent....
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