Protraph
Lack of good storyline.
Ketrivie
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
JoySLeigh
I hadn't seen this movie until last year, nearly 8 years after it's debut. I'd vaguely heard of it, and though I love Reese, musicals are just not my thing...well, except for the Muppet Christmas Carol....*cough* Yet, I found myself presented with an opportunity to watch this movie, and did. At first, grudgingly, and within the 1st 5 minutes, I saw myself, you know...mentally sitting up, the movie had it, it had what it took to keep me curiously watching on, till the end.This is a movie I rate up there with the highest amongst classics, "West Side Story", "Wuthering Heights". It is a true art, the gift of acting, being able to ... feel, know, and become the person she is playing. And she makes it easy to feel it with her. Her voice is just...just heavenly, really. And the depth of her character, as such a person she represents would know of heaven and hell, and she...is between, moral, spiritual, physical creating such energy as she walks the tightrope of her perilous journey. And don't you find yourself praying for the best? That, there. That's what true art achieves. It uplifts you. Reese, you GO girl! You might catch up to Jodie (Foster, my one and only choice, I adore her and have such respect for her depth...).Thumbs up!
Shounak Reza
Yes, ''Vanity Fair'' is a good movie, but sadly it's not very much faithful to the novel, which is one of my favorite novels.Just see the differences: are there any similarities between the Becky of the novel and the Becky of the movie? In the novel, we start to hate Becky Sharp. Again in the novel, Becky is presented with a selfish and wicked character, a character WITHOUT a soul. But in the movie--- she has emotions and she is a good person despite her wicked dreams.If you don't read the novel but only watch the movie, then you will like this movie. In fact, I also like this movie very much, but I'm sad because of it's lack of faithfulness towards the novel.And now, the songs are truly wonderful. Take an example of ''Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal'' and ''She Walks in Beauty''. Aren't these songs wonderful? The musical effects of the film is very good.And the casting: it's excellent!!! I like the performances of all of them: Reese Witherspoon, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Romola Garai, Rhys Ifans, Bob Hoskins, Gabriel Byrne, Jim Broadbent and others.In short, the whole movie is good but is not much faithful to the novel. Yes, it's faithful, but some elements in the movie truly disappointed me.
macz
None of the reviews I have read thus far would seem to have commented on the music & dance sequence towards the latter part of the film. The sequence depicted 'native' dancers performing an 'ethnic' dance to some equally 'ethnic' music. Both the choreography and the music seemed to draw from a wide variety of styles, i.e. Latin- American, African, Arabic - styles which would simply not have existed in the early 19th century! How on earth could the director have got it so wrong? The sequence was laughable, almost Pythonesque in its absurdity. For me this was the final straw in a piece that had struggled from the start to hold itself together. Even the very talented Miss Witherspoon looked fairly clueless throughout most of the film.
Hussam Ayad
well, i've really nothing to add more than 130 comments so far until now , we all agree the weakness of the character and the weak British accent , also an Indian scene ! , just want to add a big surprise , i've watched this movie tonight and it seem very well and i can't stop laughing since that Indian dance scene , at least all of you think it's an Indian show , yes it is , but can you imagine in the middle of the movie and all these 19th century time hrosess, palaces , and lords , a guy just show up with 1999 car model with a stereo sound system , what would u say? with all my respect for the cast and the awesome directors that opera show which played in front of the king wasn't Indian , it's an Egyptian song for Hakem in 1999 you don't believe me just search for it or pm me , really i would never ever thought they will commit such a horrible mistake like this , what does it mean , we all know .
