The Painted Veil
A scientist's callow wife accompanies her husband to mainland China in the 1920s to fight a cholera epidemic. Instead, they discover betrayal and estrangement. Given a chance at redemption, the couple embark on a perilous journey of self discovery deep into the heart of the Middle Kingdom.
1982, Beijing, China
1973, Norwich, England, UK
27 April 1976, Dulwich, London, England, UK
20 July 1938, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
4 October 1967, San Francisco, California, USA
2 September 1961, Hong Kong
1 December 1946, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
6 October 1978, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
June 10, 2008
Contents itself with making the Maugham work less prissy.
January 10, 2007
The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And Norton, as a producer as well as star, concedes enough space for Schreiber and the effortlessly fascinating Jones to earn their own spotlights.
December 30, 2006
The acting is quite splendid, especially in the vicinity of the quite splendid Watts.
June 08, 2008
It's a wallow and I confess to wholeheartedly enjoying the plunge.
August 28, 2008
This stab at grand romance fails to satisfy.
April 20, 2007
The production values are characteristically sumptuous, William Daniels' photography is lustrous, and Boleslawski directs with suitable flair.
January 08, 2007
Sweeping vistas, period-piece sets, impeccable literary source, a little stolid at times, but ultimately quite impressive.
June 21, 2008
Norton's effect and Watts' able portrayal are not enough to move the misogyny of the narrative.
April 18, 2008
Concealed passions are revealed as life takes unexpected turns and what initially seems like an act of vengeance becomes the making of the central characters
January 05, 2007
Exquisitely filmed and finely acted.
May 02, 2008
Norton, an American, and Australian Watts are so busy struggling with their accents that they never really find their characters' hearts. But it's a solid piece of period escapism.
January 06, 2007
The movie makes for a good old-fashioned wide-screen wallow.
