A Good Woman (2004) 6/10

Starring : Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers
Director : Mike Barker
Running Time : 89 mins

Newly married Robert Windermere (Umbers) and his wife Meg (Johansson) travel from America to an Italian resort where rumours start to fly, implying that Robert is having an affair with the infamous Stella Erlynne (Hunt), a woman renowned for her ability to charm the socks off of any man and, on occasion, steal them away from their wives, but the truth about their relationship is much more surprising.

This is quite a slow paced comedy which takes the Oscar Wilde tale Lady Windermere's Fan and gives it an American twist. Unfortunately the Americanisms don't feel right with a Wilde story, as he was the epitome of English wit, so this does fall down in places. On top of that, Johansson is practically characterless in this movie, her only redemption being her innocent reactions to what she believes is the shocking news about her husband and Mrs Erlynne

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