The Bostonians

An intimate and exquisite probe of the feminist heart.
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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 21, 2019
  • Originally Released: 1984
  • Label: Cohen Film Collection

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Look past the frilly costumes and posh accents of The Bostonians and you'll find a battle of the sexes that remains relevant into the twenty-first century. Full Review
Film Inquiry
Jun 25, 2019
The women's movement as a whole is... presented in the film as the creature of a couple of reporters on the make and a handful of aristocratic Boston spinsters whose other pet causes include faith healing. Full Review
Sojourner
Aug 20, 2019
''The Bostonians,'' which opens today at Cinema I, unfolds elegantly but not always smoothly... But the performances, especially that of the astonishing Miss Redgrave, generate an urgency and momentum to match Mr. James's own. Full Review
New York Times
May 20, 2003
A literary work with exquisite production values and a vivid portrait of class differences in Boston social life at the turn of the century. Full Review
Spirituality and Practice
Jul 23, 2003
James' story is so fascinating and Redgrave so urgently fine that you can lose sight of these lapses and have an eminently satisfying time. Full Review
Los Angeles Times
Dec 6, 2018
Rating: 3/4 -- Reeve is earnest if not entirely believable in a pivotal role, but Redgrave and Potter are excellent. Full Review
Film Frenzy
Jun 1, 2019
Rating: C+ -- Merchant Ivory screen adaptation of Henry James' novel is handsome, but suffers from the miscasting of Christopher Reeve and Madeleine Potter, though Vanessa Redgrave is decent. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Jun 12, 2005

Product Description:

Director James Ivory brings Henry James's classic novel THE BOSTONIANS to the screen in this evocative, historical adaptation filled with exciting, exacting performances. The story centers on the fight between an ardent feminist and a southern gentleman for a charismatic faith healer's daughter. Basil Ransom (Christopher Reeve), a conservative lawyer, woos the youthful, charming, and articulate Verena Tarrant (Madeleine Potter in her first film role), but he objects to her involvement in the suffragist movement and to Olive Chancellor (Vanessa Redgrave), Verena's feminist mentor. The relationship between Redgrave, Reeve, and Potter is mesmerizing to watch, and Reeve, better known for his role in SUPERMAN, is handsomely dynamic as the lover Verena cannot deny. Jessica Tandy, Linda Hunt, and Nancy Marchand costar in this strong ensemble film shot in stunning New England locations. THE BOSTONIANS was Merchant Ivory Productions' second adaptation of a Henry James novel, following THE EUROPEANS.

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  • Sales Rank: 75,693
  • UPC: 741952852094
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