Both Hunt and Johansson flounder here as the women who seemingly oppose each other.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 9, 2020

A Good Woman is solid, uninventive entertainment. Special credit needs to go to John Bloomfield's costume design, which is an exquisitely detailed melange of tea dress and evening wear decadence. What more could you ask for?

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2019

Lifeless

| Aug 30, 2009

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 6, 2007

Sermonizes in the manner Wilde satirized; the movie bends over backwards to assure the audience that marriage and monogamy, the butt of jokes throughout, are just and right.

| Feb 22, 2007

If you enjoy the charming wit of films such as An Ideal Husband or Enchanted April, you'll probably be Wilde about A Good Woman.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 22, 2006

There's only one thing worse than being a period piece, and that's being an out-of-period piece.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 1, 2006

Hunt, grievously miscast as the worldly Mrs. Erlynne...ends up looking like a once-fresh teenager, beaten down by the years, playacting in Mommy's oversized threads on a rainy day.

Full Review | Feb 27, 2006

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 18, 2006

A bit of a muddle at the ending, but the performances are pleasant (Tom Wilkinson is outstanding) and the humour is quick and subversive.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 17, 2006

... willfully odd movie ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 17, 2006

While this film is certainly not a painful experience, it is certainly not up to the brilliance of Oscar Wilde's intent and voice.

| Feb 17, 2006

A wet teabag of a movie.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Feb 16, 2006

With its jellyfish direction, A Good Woman throws its actors overboard to see if they can swim.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 2006

It's (Tom) Wilkinson who really saves the movie. His acting is always outstanding --- he makes it appear so effortless.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2006

The working title for this film might have been 'Bartlett's Familiar Quotations as Spoken by Brits in Italy'.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2006

It's brief, frivolous, and extremely entertaining even as some of it seems forced, and the film lacks the elegance of Wilde's wordplay.

| Original Score: B- | Feb 5, 2006