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The Duchess
Directed by
Saul Dibb
PG-13
2008
1h 50m
Drama
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History
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6.9
62%
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A chronicle of the life of 18th-century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was revered for her extravagant political and personal life.
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Cast of The Duchess
Keira Knightley
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
Ralph Fiennes
Duke of Devonshire
Charlotte Rampling
Lady Spencer
Dominic Cooper
Charles Grey
Hayley Atwell
Bess Foster
Simon McBurney
Charles Fox
Aidan McArdle
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
John Shrapnel
General Grey
Alistair Petrie
Heaton
Patrick Godfrey
Dr. Neville
Michael Medwin
Speechmaker
Justin Edwards
Macaroni
Richard McCabe
Sir James Hare
Calvin A. Dean
Devonshire House Servant (as Calvin Dean)
Hannah Stokely
Devonshire House Maid
Andrew Armour
Burleigh
Emily Jewell
Nanny
Bruce Mackinnon
Sir Peter Teazle
Georgia King
Lady Teazle
Luke Norris
Footman
Eva Hrela
Charlotte (Age 3)
Poppy Wigglesworth
Charlotte (Age 9)
Emily Cohen
Harryo
Mercy Fiennes Tiffin
Little G
Sebastian Applewhite
Augustus
Angus McEwan
Lord Robert
Kate Burdette
Lady Harriet
Laura Stevely
Lady Elizabeth
Benjamin Noble
Lord Ambrose (as Ben Garlick)
Max Bennett
Lord Walter
Camilla Arfwedson
Lady Charlotte
Fiona Sheehan
Young Girl in Theatre
Sarah Wyatt
Servant Girl
Thomas Arnold
Dealer
Gilbert Wynne
Althorpe Servant
Richard Curzon
Heaton's Clerk
Sophia Johnston
Guest at Lady Melbourne's Ball
Katerina Tana
Guest at Lady Melbourne's Ball
Clive Pearse
Narrator (voice)
The Duchess Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Fiennes, an actor who disappears into roles like ice in a teacup, makes the Duke a complex and almost sympathetic figure, a bulky, unappealing man whose interests are in all the wrong things.
Chicago Tribune
Tasha Robinson
It's disturbingly shallow, focused so tightly on one woman's feelings of repression and loneliness that it lacks any perspective on their causes.
San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein
Beguiling.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The Duchess is clearly Knightley's movie, ultimately rising or falling on her performance. She's up to the task, capturing both the charm and grace that made Georgiana so captivating.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
It chronicles the saga of a vibrant and forward-thinking woman hampered by the constraints of a rigid society.
Houston Chronicle
Amy Biancolli
It isn't just eye candy; there's an active intelligence behind this design.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Though extravagantly pretty, The Duchess still manages to be a costume drama in which the drama survives the costumes.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
It's easy to joke about Knightley's fondness for period dramas. But we shouldn't underestimate her ability to channel the historic and modern into one compelling figure -- or her grasp of the power of dress-up to free performance.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
I'm not sure why The Duchess doesn't wholly succeed, because the pieces are all there and they're very watchable.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
It's a curiously inert, workmanlike production: a whole lot of pomp and incircumstance.
Associated Press
Christy Lemire
Sure, The Duchess is a lavish exercise in style over substance, but it's a well-crafted, superbly acted one.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
While I much liked The Duchess, this portrait feels unfinished.
Movie Retriever
Brian Tallerico
The Duchess is this season's "painted cinema." All the colors are there and it's never hard to look at, but it's ultimately as two-dimensional as a trip to the art gallery.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The Duchess is a handsome historical film, impeccably mounted, gowned, wigged and feathered.
The New Republic
Christopher Orr
[Viewers] may wish to heed the marital advice Georgiana's mother offers early in the film: 'Equip yourself with patience, fortitude, and resignation.'
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This is scandal-mongering fun that also lays bare the deforming power of the male aristocracy.
Newsweek
David Ansen
It's elegantly mounted and never dull -- and always easy on the eyes.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Princess Di deserves livelier revisionism.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Knightley is up to the task. Her Georgiana is history with a human face.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
Knightley is a paper doll around whom the movie wraps hoop skirts and 21st century victimology.
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