This stab at grand romance fails to satisfy.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Aug 28, 2008

Norton's effect and Watts' able portrayal are not enough to move the misogyny of the narrative.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 21, 2008

Contents itself with making the Maugham work less prissy.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 10, 2008

It's a wallow and I confess to wholeheartedly enjoying the plunge.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 8, 2008

Norton, an American, and Australian Watts are so busy struggling with their accents that they never really find their characters' hearts. But it's a solid piece of period escapism.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 2, 2008

Concealed passions are revealed as life takes unexpected turns and what initially seems like an act of vengeance becomes the making of the central characters

Full Review | Apr 18, 2008

The Painted Veil has a real pulse. It sweeps you up in the characters' journey from the beginning, and keeps you riveted from moment to moment.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 7, 2007

...a finely crafted product that can hardly fail to touch one's heart.

| Original Score: 8/10 | May 7, 2007

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| Original Score: 2/5 | May 3, 2007

John Curran controls the redemptive spirit of Maugham's book with merciful restraint, and gets excellent performances all round.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 27, 2007

Wonderful scenery, great performances and a superb story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 27, 2007

A great pleasure!

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 27, 2007

Stunning scenery and superior thesping result in a period romance that combines the intimate with the epic.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 27, 2007

The problem isn't that it's painful to endure, but that it's a rather easier watch than it should be.

| Apr 27, 2007

Combine a strong-limbed narrative about marital frustration with a painstaking account of the British imperial presence in 1920s China.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 27, 2007

If the cholera doesnâ(TM)t get you, the dialogue will.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2007

An exquisitely drawn character piece.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 27, 2007

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 26, 2007

Overall this is a satisfyingly slow-burning romance, beautifully scored and acted.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2007

The production values are characteristically sumptuous, William Daniels' photography is lustrous, and Boleslawski directs with suitable flair.

| Apr 20, 2007