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Value for Money	5/10
Overall rating	5/10

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Review of Madame Bovary

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By Amanda Speedie on 6th Nov 2007

Amanda Speedie's Ratings
Starring Actor/Actress	Not supplied
Where Did You See It?	DVD
Value for money	5/10
Overall value	5/10
Amanda Speedie's recommendation

Good Points

Cinematography dark and painterly.

Bad Points

Slow moving, moody, depressing. Unlikeable characters. Madame Bovary stuffing arsenic into her mouth, and all over her face strikes a ludicrous note in an otherwise sombre piece, and fails to excite emotion. Her death scene is grotesque and unsympathetic.

General Comments

I kept hoping to care about any of the characters in this film but it wasn't possible.

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