This adaptation of one of Henry James’s most psychologically rich novels works on its own lighter terms -- although those terms arguably rip away the very forces that motivate the James characters.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 6, 2024

Sensuous, intelligent and moving, this is one of the best of the year.

| Original Score: A- | Jan 10, 2023

The film, however, keeps your interest and Bonham Carter makes you feel her lust and pain so easily that hers is one of the finest performances of the year.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 7, 2023

The problem is that once you posit an atmosphere of relative lubricity, most of the tension in the story disappears. Who in this movie would care if Kate carried on a torrid affair with Merton Densher?

| Aug 17, 2018

All of this intrigue is played out against the most romantic of backgrounds.

| May 31, 2018

Instead of piling on distracting historical details and background, Dove trusts the audience to notice behavioral clues and fill in the blanks.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 10, 2018

The Wings of the Dove flies high in a year when a whole lot of mega-buck movies barely got off the ground. It's exquisite -- and very adult -- entertainment.

| Jan 5, 2018

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

The problem is this: We're given no reason to care about these two yearning hearts. Our only evidence of their love is a garish display of hormones.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 15, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 25, 2004

Visually stunning? Absolutely! But I found the film's plodding pace relentlessly annoying.

| May 31, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2003

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 25, 2003

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 8, 2003

This compelling drama reveals the havoc wrought by those who try to control other people's lives.

| Mar 1, 2002

| Original Score: 9/10 | Jan 1, 2001

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 1, 2000

Simply a film that did not rub me at all, much less the wrong way.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000