Film Description
Easy Virtue - Sponsored by the Barrie Condo Team
Director: Stephan Elliot
Cast: Colin Firth, Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Kristin Scott Thomas and Kimberley Nixon Comedy, PG for sexual content, brief partial nudity, and smoking throughout, 96 minutes
(UK/Canada)
"Biel holds her own with the seamless acting chops of Firth and Thomas. The movie benefits from a snappy musical score with familiar standout show tunes from Cole Porter."
– Keith Cohen, Entertainment Spectrum
"All told, a sparkling, classy and ultimately satisfying experience."
– Rex Reed, New York Observer
Synopsis: The twenties have roared....the thirties have yet to swing. Based on the play by Noel Coward, which was first adapted by Alfred Hitchcock during the silent era, Easy Virtue is the epitome of British wit. Laria (Biel), the American, is a Jazz Age racecar driver. After impulsively tying the knot in Monte Carlo with a young Englishman John Whittaker (Barnes), she travels to England to meet her groom's privileged and batty family. Naturally, they hate her. John's mother, Mrs. Whittaker (Scott Thomas), and his sisters Hilda and Marion do their best to sabotage the newlyweds and banish their brother's shocking new wife. Only in the family's patriarch, Mr. Whittaker (Firth), does the young bride find acceptance, and the two develop a bond founded on the mutual appreciation for motorbikes and flouting social etiquette.
Official website: www.easyvirtuethemovie.co.uk
Screening:
Saturday October 17, 3:00 PM, Bayfield 7 Cinemas
- NOMINATED, FEATURE FILM ADAPTATION, AUSTRALIAN WRITER'S GUILD, 2009
- NOMINATED, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (SCOTT THOMAS), BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS, 2009
- WINNER, AUDIENCE AWARD, BEST FEATURE, NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL, 2009
Sponsored by:
Stephanie Adams is a Sales Representative at Royal LePage in Barrie focusing on Barrie Condos,
Barrie Waterfront Condos and Barrie townhomes sales.
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