Like titular gilded
objet d'art, producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory's opulent adaptation of Henry James's final completed novel is beautifully crafted but fatally flawed. After a ridiculous opening sequence set in Renaissance Italy, the story shifts to turn-of-the-20th-century London, where American billionaire Adam Verver (Nick Nolte) has been acquiring masterpieces of Western art for his new museum back home. Though widower Verver and his young daughter Maggie (Kate Beckinsale) are devoted to each other, Maggie has agreed to marry dashing Italian prince Amerigo (Jeremy Northam), who has an impeccable Old World pedigree and not a lire to his na...
Released:
2000
Rated:
R
Length:
134 mins