A Good Woman (2006)

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Rating: PG

Release Date: Feb 3, 2006

Running Time: 92 mins.

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

starring: Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Helen Hunt, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers, Milena Vukotic, Diana Hardcastle, Roger Hammond, Jane How, John Standing

director: Mike Barker

Emerging penniless from yet another failed affair, the seductive Mrs. Erlynne, scorned by many as a ‘woman of ill repute,’ leaves 1930's New York for the Amalfi coast, where she hopes to find a new ‘patron’ among the vacationing aristocrats. The mean-spirited gossip stirred up by Mrs. Erlynne’s arrival isn’t enough to dissuade the jovial, kind-hearted Lord Augustus from falling in love with her. But Mrs. Erlynne has already set her sights on the married Robert Windermere, a wealthy young American who falls quickly under her spell. Windermere’s faithful wife, Meg, is herself distracted by the flirtatious overtures of Lord Darlington, a notorious playboy. But when she learns of her husband’s blossoming affair, Meg resorts to drastic measures, with unexpected consequences for everyone involved.

If you're the type of modernist who prefers action to storytelling, steer well clear of A Good Woman; for those in the minority, this Oscar Wilde adaptation will be innocuous, if not mildly pleasing.

Story

In 1930, Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt), an American socialite in search of debt relief and a fresh start, transfers to Amalfi, Italy. Her reputation as an indiscriminant adulterer comes along, and she's quickly the talk of the small town. Amidst her misadventures with married men, she stumbles…

In 1930, Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt), an American socialite in search of debt relief and a fresh start, transfers to Amalfi, Italy. Her reputation as an indiscriminant adulterer comes along, and she's quickly the talk of the small town. Amidst her misadventures with married men, she stumbles upon Robert (Mark Umbers) and Meg (Scarlett Johansson), a young, blissfully married couple from America. Robert immediately strikes up a relationship with the older temptress, and it's immediately assumed by…

Director

Meg Windermere

Tuppy

Mrs. Erlynne

Stephen Campbell Moore

Lord Darlington

Mark Umbers

Robert Windermere