Easy Virtue

This is not a typical modern comedy with explicit sex jokes or gross-out humour. I prefer the British style of comedy, plus I love period pictures, so this really appealed to me. Plus, it's nice to see Jessica Biel actually attempt a part that isn't just another throwaway horror film or awful action flick.

Depends entirely on the charm that Biel does not posses. A lengthy, sound effect-driven scene in which a dog is crushed to death and does not a comedy make.

[Elliott] tends toward camp, yet respects Coward's light sentiment (and pays homage to Ealing Studios' genteel tradition).

A flat soufflé from a Noel Coward seriocomedy, previously filmed in the silent era by, of all people, Alfred Hitchcock. The jouncing Jazz Age music keeps trying to convince us it's a romp, with no success.

Biel has no game & the dog scene is in incredibly poor taste.

Promising at first, but drags on and finally with nowhere to go, snuffs out.

Biel is just your typical American girl who plays a "typical" American girl.... Firth makes it worth it. *Okay

I only watched it because of Colin Firth's great performance. Its unusual to see him not playing a very nice guy. It turned out to be a very boring movie with a crapy ending. Witty, though

ger; [Easy Virtue - Eine unmoralische Ehefrau]; ein junges ehepaar besucht die englische familie des mannes in ihrem landsitz, doch die kommt nicht mit der modernen Art der braut zurecht - bis auf den vater in dem sie einen gleichgesinnten findet.;

Easy Virtue is a good film that I don't really want to recommend. It was a well-paced and sharply written film with good acting, precise and interesting cinematography, and enough humor to keep you laughing, assuming you're able to put in a little bit of work to "get" it. And yet, save for about 20 minutes of its running time, I found myself ambivalent to the whole experience. I didn't dislike it, and I never thought about doing something else, but it just wasn't doing anything for me.

The soundtrack felt silly and disconnected with the film. Colin Firth - strong as usual.

"Stephan Elliott is determined to contemporize a playwright whose rhythms, concerns, and craft are all permanently bonded to the '20s art of British sophisticated escapism, art being short for "artifice."" - Bill Weber

Jessica Biel's limited acting skills almost ruins the whole thing. Fortunately, the script is sharp and witty enough to make up for it. And we do get good performances from Firth and Thomas. It gets off to a rocky start but this actually gets better as it goes along.

95% set up, 5% story, mostly in the ending but that bit of story was great.

Enjoyable 30s period shenanigans with great costumes and setting, a good cast, fun soundtrack, so-so story and poor jokes. The highlight is Jessica Biel's performance as the unwelcome bombshell with a complex past, while the British characters have less chance to shine in fairly stereotypical roles. The film does have a few spectacular set pieces, even if the main storyline loses steam and peters out. Doesn't have the depth but makes up for it in style and flair.

Inoffensive and inconsequential jazz-age period drama with moments of extreme silliness. Most of the characters are stereotypes of the quintessential English snob, and while Firth's character has a little more depth, he is severely underused. The soundtrack is really bad - a 1920s Charleston version of "Sex Bomb" is not something I ever want to hear again. Ever.

Enjoyable and charming at points. A solid drama about an American woman who falls in love with a member of a bankrupt British noble family.

#10#, story, (reviews), casting.

The story is abundant with basic, effective dramatic conflict, and the source material guarantees that the screenplay will be filled with admirable wit. The finished product is sadly in a perpetual state of overexertion. Firth and Scott Thomas do solid enough work in their roles, even if they sometimes seem to be playing only the broadest strokes. In the lead, however, Biel is a textbook case of miscasting. She's overmatched by the material, and occasionally even seems bamboozled by it.

Cliche and rife with poor acting, this movie lacks a believeable background story. Collin Firth was the only actor worth watching.

Fun to watch but nothing special

Jessica Biel plays the young *roaring 20's* liberated American bride; she has her hands full trying not to offend her new Mother-In-Law & the rest of the clan. Colin Firth is the still sexy, rebellious father-in-law (black sheep?) in this family of spoiled English snobs. Chief snob and mother-in-law, chewing the scenery entertainingly, is Kristin Scott-Thomas. But Ben Barnes, the groom, is TOO much of a milquetoast even for the part he's playing, oddly colourless & unmemorable. But I'm quibblin