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A Good Woman (PG)
Feb 20 2006 By Graham Young, Birmingham Mail
IF YOU are a fan of Oscar Wilde's play Lady Windermere's Fan, check, out Mike Barker's A Good Woman.
Set on Italy's Amalfi coast during the 1930s, the scenery and light are fabulous and the capable cast includes Helen Hunt (Mrs Erlynne), Scarlett Johansson (Lady Windermere), Tom Wilkinson (Tuppy) and Mark Umbers (Robert Windermere).
Mrs Erlynne plans to leave her debts in New York behind in order to pursue Meg and Robert Windermere, one of the most high profile couples in 1930s' New York society.
The script features many of Wilde's most famous lines and there's never a moment of fun far away, though the film never quite sizzles given the locations and the talent involved.
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