The Beguiled 2017

Innocent, until betrayed.

5.9 / 10   2066 vote(s)
R
Drama

During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.

Homepage http://www.focusfeatures.com/thebeguiled/
Release Date 2017-06-23
Runtime 1h 33m
Directors Sofia Coppola, Philippe Le Sourd, Paul B. Uddo, Steve Lonano, Alice Alward
Producers Youree Henley, Sofia Coppola, Roman Coppola, Fred Roos, Anne Ross, Robert Ortiz
Writers Thomas Cullinan, Sofia Coppola, Albert Maltz, Irene Kamp

The lust and the destruction!

I neither read the book, nor seen the original film. It was a small slice of the American civil war. But did not focused on the actual war. A fictional drama that followed an injured soldier who sheltered in a girls school was looked after well by the stayed back teachers and students. While he was recovering, fallen in love with one of the women. But everybody else too had a little crush on him since he's the one man around. That causes a bump, following a twist in the tale, all comes to halt.

A simple and nice drama. Best picks for the roles. But Kristen Dunst did not sync-in with the rest of the girls. Nice clothings too, a perfect recreation of the mid 19th century. I enjoyed it, good for watching at once, but I bet those who watched both the version would go for the old one. Especially for Clint Eastwood. Though Colin Ferrell was not bad in this. Not the best film from Sofia Coppola compared with her others, definitely not worst either.

7/10

Reno

A well acted Civil War drama, but one that perhaps would have played better on the stage of a theatre than the screen of a cinema.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Gimly