'Easy Virtue' update a disappointment

Based – though merely in the most vague of terms – on the 1920s Noel Coward play, this up-date – though still set in the 1920s – falls flat because Elliot seems unable to understand the master’s brittle humour.

Thu, 06 Nov, 2008 - 21:11

Director: Stephan Elliot

Cast: Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kirsten Scott Thomas

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