THE BEGUILED

The Beguiled is a drama with no drama

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MOVIE DETAILS
Title: The Beguiled
Rating: R (for some sexuality)
Genre: Drama
Cast: Colin Farrell , Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Dabney Elle Fanning, Oona Laurence, Angourie Rice
Directed By: Sofia Coppola
Written By: Sofia Coppola
In Theaters: Jun 30, 2017 Limited
On Disc/Streaming: Oct 10, 2017
Studio: Focus Features
Rating: 5/10

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I was skeptical about writing this movie, that's because I don't like writing without excitement. This movie didn't excite me at all, in fact it didn't even leave any effects on me, either positive or negative..
Based on a novel by Thomas. P. Cullinan, the story began during the world war, a wonded union soldier John McBurney was taken in, in the Girls Seminary school somewhere in Mississipi. It was during the war, the 6 occupants in the school were locked away from the world, their lives must have been boring, so the coming of a man left them at the tip of their toes. Soon the ladies started competing for his attention, from Alicia the wayward teen who is fond of twisting her neck seductively, then Edwina their sad tutor who needs a man before she can believe in herself, Martha, the uptight headmistress that just wants a taste of the pie and then there is Amy, the girl that found John in the woods, to her he is just a father figure. It seems that the only girl that care about nothing except her music is the quiet Jane. Corporal John is not innocent too, he enjoys the effect he has on the women so manipulates the girls into choosing him over themselves. Probably he forgot the saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned", but in this case, it's not just a woman, it's women..

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Sofia Coppola allows each character to shine in their acts. She tried to make each character to be typically feminine and civil but that made it dull. It would have been better if it was horror or even porn, yes I said that. Not full porn though, but atleast something that will make it dramatic. It's genre is drama, but I sat down lookin at my screen for 94 mins and there was no drama to be found. Instead I was left with the what did I just watch? feeling, what really excited Coppola about this novel to motivate her music into bringing it to the screen. But she should be given some credit though, while the story dulled our spirits, it was lifted by the settings,the warm, candlelit preparations for the seminary dinners and satin ribbons luxuriously knotted around braids, the lush greenery and the way the sun reflects through the trees at sunset. The only shortcoming of Beguiled is the story, though the ladies shine in their performances, they were not allowed to perform in depth of what the movie could be.

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