Cousin Bette (1998)
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Cousin Bette
DVD Price: $9.98
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| Directed by | Des McAnuff |
| Cast | Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Aden Young, Tim Barlow, John Benfield, Geraldine Chaplin, Kelly MacDonald, Jefferson Mays, John Quentin, John Sessions and Toby Stephens |
| Theatrical Release | June 12, 1998 |
| DVD Release | December 22, 1998 |
| Running Time | 110 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | R (Restricted) |
| UPC Code | 086162104497 |
| Buy this item | $9.98 at Amazon.com
As of Jul 4 2:50 EDT (details)
1 DVD, 20th Century Fox, Usually ships in 1 to 2 days, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Or 36 new from $4.97, 30 used from $2.10, 3 collectible from $10.00 |
About Cousin Bette
With little persuasion, Jenny is soon sleeping with, then discarding, every man in Paris, setting off a chain of disastrous events that ensnares almost everyone in its web - everyone, that is, except Cousin Bette. Who knew adultery, financial ruin, life - threatening duels and murder could be such fun?
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(32 reviews)
 |  | Very funny movie, along the lines of Valmont |  |
If you like a humorous/tragedy stricken movie, this one is for you. I admit I have to be in a certain kind of mood to watch it. Toby Stephens is sensational, and I think it's an outrageously funny performance by him. My only complaint is I wish he had more screen time. I wish he would take on more comedic roles - set aside the lovey dovey stuff (Jane Eyre) and the bad guy stuff (Die Another Day) and do some more comedy. He's brilliant!
June 10, 2007 | | A mostly good cast, wasted on a poor script | |
A very uneven and rather unsatisfying, though beautifully costumed, film based on the writings of Balzac. Elisabeth Shue is very much miscast as a singer. She does not convince at all, and her accent is ridiculous. Jessica Lange, Bob Hoskins and Hugh Laurie do better, but the script is lacking. Too bad the latter three actors were wasted on this.
May 9, 2007 | | Toby Stephens fans - save your money | |
Toby Stephens has a very small supporting role in this film (I'd estimate maybe 5 minutes screen time). He is funny, cute, and overlooked in favor of very inferior actors. Bob Hoskins is surprisingly good as a French aristocrat.
April 28, 2007 | | Don't Mess with Cousin Bette; your life is at stake | |
Sometimes it just does not pay to screw with someone's emotions.Not since the wickedly cool performance of Glenn Close in DANGEROUS LIAISONS has there come another so deliciously detached revenger as Cousin Bette.Jessica Lange could not have been a better choice to play the woman whom once scorned will manipulate everything and everybody to achieve her perfect reckoning.Yes,this is a screenplay based out of the Balzac novel COUSIN BETTE which may upset the purists,but as an adaptation,the spirit of Balzac is wickedly and comically captured and I dare say you will ever see a better Bette on screen than Jessica Lange.This film truly has an all-star Academy Award studded cast with Bob Hoskins(MRS.HENDERSON PRESENTS),Elisabeth Shue(LEAVING LAS VEGAS),Hugh Laurie(now Golden Globe winner for HOUSE), Kelly MacDonald (GOSFORD PARK) and Geraldine Chaplin (DR.ZHIVAGO)
Excellent companion films would be DANGEROUS LIAISONS and COLONEL CHABERT (also an adaptation from Balzac)
February 21, 2007Save your hard earned money and buy the Masterpiece Theatre version by the BBC. It's faithful to the spirit of Balzac's novel and is extremely well done. This version is an incoherent mess. Someone snorted a few lines of coke before making this Eurotrash version ....
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