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"Easy Virtue" is being presented, and was no doubt intended by Coward, as a comedy. As we'd expect, the dialogue has an edgy wit, although it has no ambitions to be falling-down funny. Here is the Odd Couple formula applied in a specific time and place that make them feel very odd indeed.
Jun 19, 2009 · Easy Virtue: Directed by Stephan Elliott. With Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth. A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
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- 2009-06-19
Despite some underlying serious themes, "Easy Virtue" is still a comedy, and the script is brilliantly funny. Most of the humour derives from the exchanges between the acid-tongued Veronica and Larita, who can give as good as she gets, and their constant war of one-upmanship.
Jun 17, 2009 · Don’t be put off by the fact that Easy Virtue is a period piece based on a 1924 Noël Coward play. This isn’t your average upper-class British comedy of manners—though it might be called a ...
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Easy Virtue is a 2008 British romantic comedy film based on Noël Coward 's play of the same name. The play was previously made into the silent movie Easy Virtue (1928) by Alfred Hitchcock. This adaptation is directed by Stephan Elliott, written by Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins, and stars Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott ...
Oct 23, 2008 · Reviews. Easy Virtue Review. 1920s England. Young John Whittaker (Barnes) returns to the family fold with a new bride in tow. His mother (Scott Thomas) is quietly horrified at her new...
A fun comedy, prickly in the dialogues and well acted. Jessica Biel in the lead role, but I think it's Kristin Scott Thomas who steals the show as the cynical, overbearing mother. Translated from Dutch · View original
