Easy Virtue

Starring: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, et al.

Product Description

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.

• Format: Blu-ray
• Language: English
• UPC: 043396324039
• Release Date: January 2009
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• Director: Stephan Elliott
• Starring: Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Charlotte Riley, Christian Brassington, Kris Marshall, Jim McManus
• Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: AC-3; Blu-ray; Dolby; Dubbed; NTSC; Subtitled; Widescreen
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

This is a doggone good movie.

At first, I was a little skeptical. This is the standard formula movie period piece with all the standard actors and all the standard clichés and the entire standard, standards. Yes, you know the end before it starts. I did not expect to be so overwhelmingly caught up in the story and forget that they were actors and never noticed the clichés, and was almost sad that it had ended. Very seldom do I see a movie where I feel for the lost souls escaping captivity. Veronica Whittaker (Kristin Scott Thomas) runs the English family estate. She is shocked to find her young son John (Ben Barnes), heir, had purchased a French floozy, Larita (Jessica Biel), for a wife. She is even more shocked to find out that the floozy is not French but American. “Smile, Marian.” “I don’t feel like smiling.” “You’re English, darling, fake it." First, we find that the cultures clash comically, then we find that not only are cultures clashing, but people and situations. The stories and people are too real to be an objective observer. The basic story under the movie was adapted from a Noel Coward play written by Noel when he was 25. They saved about 30%. Also, Larita was made a race car driver. For those technically inclined, I have only seen the Blu-Ray version, so I cannot comment on the other versions. However, the beginning of the DVD touts how great Blu-ray is. And it looks like it has all the Blu-Ray menus and extras. Be sure to listen to the voiceover commentary.