Synopsis
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
Your Movie Library
Cast
- Rachel WeiszRachel
- Sam ClaflinPhilip
- Holliday GraingerLouise
- Iain GlenKendall
- Pierfrancesco FavinoRinaldi
- Simon Russell BealeCouch
- Vicki PepperdineMrs. Pascoe
- Tim BarlowSeecombe
- Bobby Scott FreemanJohn
- Tristram DaviesWellington
Recommendations
- 75
Movie Nation
Michell ensures that the cryptic finale to My Cousin Rachel isn’t so much a solution as an invitation to an argument on the drive home from the cinema. - 75
Rolling Stone
Credit Rachel Weisz, who's just the dynamite actress needed to play a character who could be a misunderstood innocent or a fortune-hunting seductress who could be a cold-blooded killer. How delicious to watch the star keep us guessing. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
There's enough dark sizzle between leads Rachel Weisz and Sam Claflin to keep the audience involved through the underpowered middle stretches before the film regains its footing, delivering a disquieting shiver of a conclusion. - 70
Screen Daily
Weisz shows her Oscar-winning talents by hitting precisely the right notes throughout My Cousin Rachel: from warmth to guile to chilly practicality. - 70
Variety
It’s pure pleasure to watch Weisz as Rachel, who is also an actress of sorts, adapting to suit the needs and desires of whoever she’s seducing. Her manipulations feel more intuitive than conniving and need not be explicitly sexual per se. - 63
Slant Magazine
After a while, the enigmatic nature of Rachel Weisz's character starts to feel less like an enticing mystery than a narrative trick. - 63
Boston Globe
My Cousin Rachel is a well-turned, well-acted literary adaptation that suffers from a built-in problem: The hero is a twit. - 60
Time Out London
This is a fresh and un-stuffy period drama mostly, but it could have done with a pinch more danger.
