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The Painted Veil

The Painted Veil

7,3 /10 (1,272 Votes)
2006 EN 125 min

Overview

A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.

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Release date

09/12/2006

Votes

1,272

Popularity

2.4

Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

125 min

Budget

$19,400,000

Revenue

$26,910,847

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Peter McGinn

Peter McGinn

2021-01-09

⭐ 8

This movie seemed vaguely familiar to my wife like we had seen it before, but it all seemed new to me when we recently watched it. We both enjoyed it. I wasn’t concerned when a few reviews remarked that it moved slowly, as we have always appreciated movies that build a quiet story carefully, and mostly this one did that. My only criticism is that at the outset of the movie, I didn’t quite believe that Walter was in love with Kitty. He said he was, but I wonder if a scene or two showing him falling for her ended up on the cutting room floor. He merely seemed to stalk her around the party and…

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badelf

2022-09-21

⭐ 7

I enjoyed this film a good more than I expected I would, based on the poor critical response and so-so viewer scores. Fortunately, Norton and Watts saved the film by turning in phenomenal performances. The real problem is that we never get totally invested in the characters. Nevertheless, The Painted Veil is a real love story.

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