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Actors: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer, Bridget Fonda
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Scandal |
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This is a flawed but decent British account of the Profumo sex scandal that brought down the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan in 1963. Joanne Whalley-Kilmer is gorgeous and poignant as 18-year-old Christine Keeler, whom bon vivant and social climber Stephen Ward (Hurt) uses to gain access to the rich and powerful. Bridget Fonda is suitably wicked and mercenery as gold-digger Mandy Rice-Davies, but the movie seems rather aimless for most of its 116 minutes. Not terribly naughty or intense.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Scandal |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- boatload of casual sex without love
How much story is philosophy rather than plot?
- 1 (None)
Lover is...
- of a different social class
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 40's-50's
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- frustrated
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
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