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This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

It's 1930. Infamous Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt) is chased out of New York high society. She sets eyes on Amalfi, Italy and newly wed Robert Windemere (Mark Umbers). The scandal follows her. Rumors spread affecting his young wife Meg (Scarlett Johansson). She thinks he's having an affair but in reality, Erlynne is secretly Meg's mother unbeknownst to her and Robert has been paying her to keep that secret. Lord Augustus (Tom Wilkinson) falls for the fascinating American Erlynne.I don't know anything about the Oscar Wilde play. It seems to me that Erlynne is an outrageous American bombshell. Helen Hunt is not quite that character. She has a modernity that doesn't easily come off. It's a light affair with a glow that is two setting too bright. All the British actors seem to be from Masterpiece Theater. I can buy a young Johnansson but Hunt is pushing it.

With Box Office statistic: Opening Weekend: £130,193 (UK) (13 May 2005)Gross: $223,144 (USA) (17 February 2006) It's not a box office movie. Talk about story: the story goes very slow. Dialogue and story is not a strong structure. Seems like the script is way far to perfect. And with a lot of big name actor and actress appeared in the movie, they can do much better than that. Beside the beautiful costume which is can find in many movie so far after this movie, I prefer a lot of other mover would be better with the better script, structure, tell story and better make. It's really disappointed see the way this movie come out, it appeared with Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson with a beautiful handbill and vintage costume but very disappoint in the movie as a whole.

Review: This movie seemed like it was made for TV. It's one of those period dramas, set in the 1930's, about troubled relationships and cheating husbands. I liked the twist in the movie, which kept it slightly interesting, but the core of the storyline was a bit weak. The cast wasn't that bad but there wasn't anyone to bring some wit or intense drama to the film. Don't get me wrong, I am quite a fan of Tom Wilkinson, who has seemed to matured with age, but the main characters Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson, didn't really make the movie enjoyable, due to the script. Personally, I was expecting better from the cast, but I think that the whole project failed because of the poor direction. Disappointing!Round-Up: Everybody knows that Scarlett Johansson is blowing up at the moment in the Avengers franchise so she just can't seem to do wrong. Helen Hunt has been out of the limelight for some time now which is most probably due to her short range. She's quite good with drama concepts, but she hasn't really done anything else, except for Twister which was years ago. Tom Wilkinson has put in some great performances in movies like Michael Clayton and Batman Begins and he made me laugh as the baddie in RocknRolla. As for this movie, I enjoyed the banter between the old guys, but that was about it. Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: $7millionI recommend this movie to people who are into there period drama/romantic stories about a lady who has an affair with a married man. 3/10

Somewhere in the 6.5 to 7 range. Neither female lead seemed to fit their parts. Hunt either chose or was directed into a flat performance, I suppose to simulate a woman with toughness, but her actions and reactions often seemed brittle and unreal. Johansson is simply miscast and that's not her fault. The story/editing broke her performance into pieces so that an understanding of who her character was never happened. I never felt I understood her or a cared about her. The witticisms are funny but are delivered seemingly out of the body of the movie, like one-liners that had nothing to do with the rest of it. The film is pretty, costumes fit, most performance are fine, but as a whole the movie didn't work for me.