Synopsis
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.
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Cast
- Gillian AndersonLily Bart
- Dan AykroydAugustus 'Gus' Trenor
- Eleanor BronMrs. Julia Peniston, Lily's Aunt
- Terry KinneyGeorge Dorset
- Anthony LaPagliaSim Rosedale
- Laura LinneyBertha Dorset
- Jodhi MayGrace Julia Stepney
- Elizabeth McGovernMrs. Carry Fisher
- Eric StoltzLawrence Selden
- Penny DownieJudy Trenor
Recommendations
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New York Daily News
The stop-the-presses news from The House of Mirth is the number of fine performances from people you never knew had it in them. - 100
Rolling Stone
The House of Mirth is not one of those teacup and doily movies; it's harsh and disturbing. Davies does superlatively right by Wharton. There's blood on the walls. - 91
Portland Oregonian
Anderson, possessed of an eerily Edwardian aspect, is superb, luminous and knowing and convincingly proud and desperate as the situation requires. - 90
Village Voice
Leisurely yet streamlined film, brilliantly adapted by British filmmaker Terence Davies from Edith Wharton's most powerful novel. - 90
Dallas Observer
Davies has nailed Wharton's bitter satire of the flights and follies of New York society in the Gilded Age, and leading lady Gillian Anderson shows dazzling range in her portrayal of the book's doomed heroine. - 90
Chicago Reader
The cast as a whole is astonishing--especially Gillian Anderson as Lily and Dan Aykroyd in his finest role to date. - 90
Salon
Anderson's Lily is the kind of heroine who earns our protectiveness by never begging for it; it's an astonishing performance. - 88
Boston Globe
There was little mirth or innocence in the world that Wharton was able to write her way out of (she was much happier living in Paris), and Davies and his leading lady lift the silks to reveal it as the minefield it was.
