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Absolutely Fantastic

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I love this movie. It is one of my favorite movies I will get no tired watching it again and again. I have hated and fallen in love with Walter Fane, same as Kitty did. Edward Norton played that character simply perfect. Each simple detail on the way he moved, walked, watched, breathed added the right value/element to the character and transmitted plenty of emotions. Naomi Watts!!! Oh another excellent actor to this movie. I hated the frivolous Kitty at first, but than I hated Walter for "making it pay" to well matured Kitty later. Excellent movie in every single detail.

I'm talking about the disease, not the woman, but she is dangerous as well. This is the second film version of the Somerset Maugham novel, already made as a classic film with Garbo, and now re-imagined as a film with Naomi Watts. She's presented as a selfish but unhappy woman, marrying disease researcher Edward Norton simply to get away from her harridan of a mother. But loveless marriage to the distant Norton brings her into the arms of the already married Liev Schreiber, resulting in an ugly confrontation with her husband and a possible farewell with her lover. Destiny takes her into the cholera ridden mountains of China where the Scarlet O'Hara like Watts must grow up quickly as she faces not only suffering from the dressed disease but a revolution as well filled with plenty of violence.Stunning photography brings a nearly century old China to life, like many other non-white parts of the world facing a hatred of whites for their seemingly obsessive plans to rule the world and lord over every nationality. Toby Jones is excellent as Norton's right hand man, and Diana Rigg provides wisdom and insight as a missionary nun who defends the Catholic church against the Church of England raised Watts by claiming it is obvious that her faith has taught her to believe pretty much in nothing. The Chinese characters are presented as wise but proud and loyal to old beliefs, with Rigg pointing out to Watts one young girl who adamantly refuses to be baptized, reminding me audience of the rich faiths outside of Christianity which are as godly as what a good majority of the world professes to believe. It took me a while to be emotionally drawn into this film as Watts, for much of the first half, really isn't all that likable, certainly not at all sympathetic. For that matter, neither are Norton or Schreiber. But it's a situation of lost souls needing to be re-found and for total atonement to be brought in to play. The stunning landscapes are further dramatized by a stunning musical score that is never over the top or intrusive. This is a top notch drama that remains epic in size, personal in heart, and strong in spirit. No masterpiece, but not worth missing, either. The ending is one that is a true triumph of the spirit over selfishness and a shining example of what it means to really grow up.

"The Painted Veil" is a drama movie in which we watch a British doctor who is going with his wife to China in order to fight a cholera epidemic. But in this fight another one will come out as he will find out that his wife is unfaithful.I really liked this movie because it represents very well the truth about this very serious epidemic which destroyed many villages and killed so many people. The direction which made by John Curran was very good and because of this many things which I believe was important shower in a very nice way. Edward Norton who played as Dr. Walter Fane was for one more time simply outstanding and the same I can say about the interpretation of Naomi Watts who played as his wife.Lastly I believe that "The Painted Veil" is a very nice movie which combines very well drama with romance and shows us what a person has to get through in order to become better. To become better person not only for the others but also for himself.

One of the most consistently great and super watchable screen actresses of the moment is Naomi Watts, never having seen her in a bad film (yes, I've purposely avoided watching Diana). this film is rather elegant all around, and thankfully, it actually doesn't feel as stuffy as so many period pieces do. It is, however, sort of lacking in a really strong and interesting thematic conflict and characters. Norton does great work along with Watts, but it's all a bit, I don't know, superfluous. That's not necessarily a horrible criticism, but it does prevent it from true greatness. I enjoyed it though, and while I don't think it's a great film, it's an easily watchable and accessible one, sure to be loved by those who do love these sort of things.