The Painted Veil
RomanceDrama
7.253/10
|CAUS
|en
|125 min
Release Date: 2006-12-09
Overview - A British medical doctor fights a cholera outbreak in a small Chinese village, while also being trapped at home in a loveless marriage to an unfaithful wife.
Production Companies
Emotion PicturesThe Mark Gordon CompanyClass 5 FilmsWarner China Film HG Corporation 中影华纳横店Stratus Film Co.Bob Yari Productions
User Reviews
Peter McGinn
8/10
This movie seemed vaguely familiar to my wife like we had seen it before, but it all seemed new to me when we recently watched it. We both enjoyed it. I wasn’t concerned when a few reviews remarked that it moved slowly, as we have always appreciated movies that build a quiet story carefully, and mostly this one did that. My only criticism is that at the outset of the movie, I didn’t quite belie...
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badelf
7/10
I enjoyed this film a good more than I expected I would, based on the poor critical response and so-so viewer scores. Fortunately, Norton and Watts saved the film by turning in phenomenal performances. The real problem is that we never get totally invested in the characters. Nevertheless, The Painted Veil is a real love story.
