Moll Flanders | | Cast : | Robin Wright Penn, Morgan Freeman | | Director : | Pen Densham | | Studio : | Mgm/Ua Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 14, 1996 | | DVD Released Date : | November 02, 2004 | | Language : | French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 07, 2005 | | Summary | Read the book. Skip the movie! | Content
 | I rate movies based on how they compare to the book. After all, it is supposedly what they are based on! This movie - it's not even worthy of the title "film" - would be worth less than one star. I felt like the script writer read the blurb on the flyleaf and made a movie based upon what he/she had read. If you want to see a brilliant film rendition of Moll Flanders, check out the Masterpiece Theater version starring Alex Kingston. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 22, 2005 | | Summary | You Must Be Willing... | Content
| To take this movie as a separate entity from the book! The book is absolutely fantastic and yet this movie is also equally good! If like me, you love a well produced and well acted period movie, you will enjoy this movie immensely. It offers all the things a good movie does and all the appropriate things a "period" movie should: decent storyline, love, death, money, status, cinematography, wonderful accents and great, great costumes! It's in my DVD collection and I watch it from time to time! The book is a giant in its own right..but this movie can and does stand on its own merits! Go in with an open mind. |
| Rating | | | Date | December 08, 2004 | | Summary | Heartwarming tale of the human spirit | Content
| This is a wonderful story of one woman's journey toward true understanding of love, of God, and of her place in the world. Robin Wright Penn, Morgan Freeman and Stockard Channing all give excellent performances, and the score, costumes and sets are a beautiful backdrop for this outstanding cast. I have never read the book, but this film has merit all its own. You will admire Moll for her unflagging courage, her pluck, and her devotion to those she loves. Moll Flanders is one of my favorite movies of all time. |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2004 | | Summary | At this point, why not make it an original story? | Content
| This film has rather little to do with the novel it is supposedly 'based' on.
At this point, why not make it an original story? Why pretend that this has anything to do with Moll Flanders? To tap into an existing market because of its name recognition factor? Shameful.
If you are going to do your own thing, then do not pretend it is something else.
And having decided to do "something else", then do something that is actually worthwhile! This is a disappointing film. A predictable plot which does not stir much of anything. Truly shameful in the end - especially when considering that the novel is quite a masterpiece.
And lets not even get started about the abysmal soundtrack... |
| Rating | | | Date | June 13, 2003 | | Summary | Not Moll Flanders at all | Content
| If you are a fan of period piece movies and only care about the movie, not the book, this is a nicely done period piece movie. It is nothing like the version of Moll Flanders starring Alex Kingston which I also liked very much. I have a huge collection of period piece movies and am glad I added both versions to my collection. |
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