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The Painted Veil
Year: 2006
Studio: Emotion Pictures, The Mark Gordon Company, Class 5 Films, Warner China Film HG Corporation, Stratus Film Co., Bob Yari Productions, The Colleton Company, Dragon Studios, Salon Films, Syndicate Films, Warner Independent Pictures, China Film Co-Production Corp.
Director: John Curran
Cast: Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang
Crew: Ron Nyswaner (Screenplay), Bob Yari (Producer), Naomi Watts (Producer), Edward Norton (Producer), Antonia Barnard (Producer), W. Somerset Maugham (Novel)
Runtime: 125 minutes
Release: Dec 09, 2006
IMDb: 7.20/10 by 1,196 users
Popularity: 3
Country: Canada, China, Hong Kong, United States of America
Language: Français, 普通话, English
Budget: 19,400,000
Revenue: 26,910,847
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 want to marry her before he left for China. Similarly, Kitty falling for Charlie didn’t seem well constructed. It felt like one scene they stared at each other, flirted a bit, and the next scene they are in bed. But once I suspended that bit of disbelief, the film was great. Gradually Kitty develops as a character, and her marriage begins to be rebuilt from the rubble of her earlier actions. The final scene, a few years after the action in the bulk of the movie, brings the story full circle in a satisfying manner. All around a fine movie well worth watching patiently.
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.