Storyline
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
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Cast
John Shrapnel, Ralph Fiennes, Alistair Petrie, Simon McBurney, Calvin Dean, Thomas Arnold, Hayley Atwell, Dominic Cooper, Charlotte Rampling, Keira Knightley, Georgia King, Richard McCabe, Camilla Arfwedson, Max Bennett, Patrick Godfrey, Justin Edwards, Bruce Mackinnon, Hannah Stokely, Luke Norris, Michael Medwin, Aidan McArdle, Laura Stevely, Andrew Armour, Kate Burdette, Emily Jewell, Eva Hrela, Poppy Wigglesworth, Emily Cohen, Mercy Fiennes Tiffin, Sebastian Applewhite, Angus McEwan, Benjamin Noble, Fiona Sheehan, Sarah Wyatt, Gilbert Wynne, Richard Curzon, Sophia Johnston, Katerina Tana
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Reviews
83
The A.V. Club
Thoroughly populist and middlebrow, full of all the high wigs, thick powder, perfect diction, and straightforward dialogue that define bodice-ripping prestige pictures about silently suffering souls.
75
Fiennes speaks with his body what the script cannot formulate about what it's like to be a man apart. The actor creates particulars of time, space, class, and personality with one crook of a finger, one twist of a wrist. I call that nobility of craft; he's the actors' prince.
75
Rolling Stone
It's Knightley who makes The Duchess a royal treat.
70
Keira Knightley is a terrific choice to play the 18th century socialite.
60
Variety
A serviceable picture that offers all the sumptuous visual pleasures of a historical costume drama, yet little in the way of actual history.
