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A Good Woman Reviews

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• 63

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  For the most part, Wilde's sophisticated, sardonic dialogue has been capably adapted by screenwriter Howard Himelstein and director Mike Barker.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The New York TimesStephen Holden

  When put into the mouths of American actors with no feel for Wilde's high-toned repartee, they simply hang in the air and die.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyDerek Elley

  Has a script that plays more like a period romancer studded with occasional Wilde-isms and gets uneven treatment from a mixed Anglo-American cast.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  The film is well intentioned and mildly diverting, but in attempting to modernize its story it has lost many of the things that make the original so memorable and not gained much in return.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  While screenwriter Howard Himelstein and director Mike Barker have done a workable job of drawing the Wilde social satire out of the drawing room, the film never quite manages to travel at the same buoyant velocity as the acerbic wit.

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• 33

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  British director Mike Barker and magpie New York screenwriter Howard Himelstein, have taken "Lady Windermere's Fan" - Wilde's first big stage success, written in 1892 - and pulped it senseless in the name of puttin' on the charm.

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