Dangerous Beauty

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Summary: My favorite movie!
Review: This is my absolute favorite movie of all time! It is the best love story. Just be warned that there is lots of nudity since it is based on the history of prostitution.

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Summary: A Timeless Romance worth watching!!
Review: If you are in the mood for a story that has romance, comedy, tragedy or history, this movie is for you. It is an intense love story similar to Romeo and Juliet but full of wit and and a bit more flesh. It is provacative and daring, beautiful and charming. The wardrobes are eye-candy as are the actresses. Catherine Mccormek does a wonderful
job at playing the lead role. I had only seen her in Gladiator up until now and she plays her part well. The best thing about this story is that it is true. It leaves you with a bit more knowledge of what life was like during the time of Courtesans.

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Summary: I love it!
Review: I was so worried that this movie would be just like any other sad drama but it was so much better. I won't say why because you'll just have to see it. But the acting was superb and I loved the sights. Very nice movie!

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Summary: It's all around great!
Review: I rented this movie after only seeing a preview on another dvd. I watched it once and I was in love. In fact I have it playing now as I type this. The story is great, and the fact that it's true makes it all the greater. The characters are played so well, and the actors make them so believable. While I was watching it I couldn't help but sigh and wish for a love as strong as the one between the two main characters. The costumes are amazing as well, and almost make me wish I lived back then, so I would be able to wear such fine things. Then again I wouldn't want to be treated only as property, but I guess in the movie and in life, Veronica found a way around that. I suggest this movie to anyone and everyone.

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Summary: On the same page as Elizaeth.
Review: Dangerous Beauty tells the story of a shy french guatermaids daughter in 17 Century france. Catherine McCormack plays Veronica Franco, a beatiful young lady who has fallen for her best friends older brother. She knows and is always reminded that it can never be because he must marry someone from his social level who has money to bring to the marriage. She then finds out that she comes from a long line of Courtesans, and her mother obliges her to follow in the footsteps of her ancestors. What happens from this point on, is the beginning of the end. Veronica becomes one of the most loved and revered courtesans in all of France, called on by Kings and military leaders. The "bewitching" she inflicts on her courtiers is called into question by the Spanish Inquisition and Veronica must chose her loyalty to herself or her life. This movie is of the same caliber as "Elizabeth".

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Summary: Good movie
Review: This is one of my favorite movies and if you like historical fiction movies -- you will like this one too.

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Summary: Charming!!!
Review: This is one of my favorite movies. The story is wonderful and very well done. Catherine McCormack and Rufus Sewell steam up the screen. AND, I thought Oliver Platt and Moira Kelly were excellent. This movie has humor, love, sex, heartache and drama. The subject matter is not for the meek but I thought very well done. A very different kind of movie that just steals your heart. For Romantics everywhere.

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Summary: Fake and boring
Review: Right form teh beginning one is struck with fake presentation of contemporary Venice. The courtesans in Venice did not travel along the Grand Canal bare-breasted; and people in 15-16 centuries there did not wear constumes of the same-time England. Perhaps this is Venice as imagined by far and away barbarians in their wildest dreams? This is a pretentious attempt for authenticity, but the acting is soap-opear like and overall poor. If you want something of true aristocratic Venice, take Visconti's Senso, although I lament that Visconti's masterpiece is not on DVD, although this wretch of which no one will remember 2 years from now, is.

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Summary: Dangerous Beauty
Review: Picturesque, moving, romantic and humorous at the same time. A total chick flick with just enough bawdiness to keep it from being completely estrogen laden.

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Summary: I would have given this movie negative stars if I could have
Review: I just got through watching this movie for my Italian class, and I just have to say that one would have to be a complete idiot to like this film. This, after "Stealing Beauty" is possibly the worst film I've ever seen. ...