Chichester Cinema at New Park
Easy Virtue
This adaptation of a Noel Coward play is superb, full of great performances from an all-star cast, and some hilarious set pieces. The roaring twenties are in full flow when John Whittaker has a whirlwind romance and brings his new American bride home to meet the family in their crumbling ancestral pile.
Immediately, a battle of wits ensues between his monster of a mother (the wonderfully clipped Kristin Scott Thomas) and Larita, a go-getter from Detroit (Jessica Biel). Colin Firth is the drop-out father still suffering from the stress of the Great War. The film cleverly uses some twenties versions of modern songs. It is witty, smart, hilarious, and contains a fabulous tango from Colin Firth!
UK · 2008 · Stephen Elliott · 100min
