It's neither seductive nor absorbing, and although I hate to point the finger... I would say the lead actor, Robert Pattinson, means well and tries hard, bless, but just doesn't have the chops.

| Aug 31, 2018

Pattinson doesn't work as the manipulative cad that this story demands.

| Original Score: 2.0/5.0 | Jun 22, 2012

The supposedly cunning protagonist registers as a cipher, and the directors' tendency to shoot dialogue scenes in close-up blunts any understanding of the social milieu he's trying to conquer.

| Jun 21, 2012

The women are all elegant and intelligent, they know the ways of the world, and they know Georges' history. Why do they find him attractive? We don't, and that failure is the downfall of the film.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 21, 2012

Pattinson's passion is bloodless, his rakish George Duroy a font of undelivered potential.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 15, 2012

Good actors flit in and out of the movie - particularly Kristin Scott Thomas and Colm Meaney - but no one seems able to conquer the essential silliness of it all...

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 14, 2012

What distinguishes Pattinson in the role is the sense he conveys of someone roiling and churning beneath a surface that is almost, but not quite, calm.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 8, 2012

With that cast, we rightfully expect fireworks. What we get is the film equivalent of a wet blanket.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 8, 2012

Pattinson's callowness and tendency to play rage as petulance don't help.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 8, 2012

Pattinson's performance is so enervated that his Georges Duroy comes across as something of a cipher.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 8, 2012

An enjoyably soapy 19th-century costume drama with a crackling, female-centric cast that features Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas.

| Jun 7, 2012

Intriguing political aspects of the story involving military designs on Morocco and the influence of the media would have more resonance if the human drama had more heft.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 7, 2012

Although this is potentially juicy stuff, it is as dry and tasteless as a shrunken piece of fruit left in the refrigerator far too long.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jun 7, 2012

Te casting of an inexpressive pinup boy in the lead role is the most up-to-date thing about Bel Ami. Everything else is as conventional as the plodding, pudding-thick score.

| Jun 7, 2012

The results aren't ribald or provocative or particularly exciting in any way; it's just a slog that will appeal mainly to enthusiasts of 19th-century undergarments.

| Jun 7, 2012

Robert Pattinson isn't all that bad in "Bel Ami." He just isn't right.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 7, 2012

It's based on Guy de Maupassant's 1885 novel, but an old-school must-see-온라인카지노추천 sitcom has more depth.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 7, 2012

It's the total lack of empathy these characters elicit (or don't) that is Bel Ami's overarching problem.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 7, 2012

Pattinson portrays a man who has no moral code and gets to have tons of sex, with various women of smart Parisian society, played by the likes of Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci and Kristen Scott Thomas. Yet mysteriously, the tedium continues.

| Jun 7, 2012

Though gorgeous to look at, the first feature from Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod has an undeniable void at its very center: an utterly blank leading man.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 7, 2012