Vanity Fair, is a 2004 costume drama film directed by Mira Nair and adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of the same name. The previous subject of numerous television and film adaptations, this version made substantial changes, most notably being the almost complete transformation of the character of Becky Sharp.
The film was nominated for "Golden Lion" Award in 2004 Venice Film Festival.
Cast
Reese Witherspoon - Rebecca 'Becky' Sharp Crawley
Angelica Mandy - Young Rebecca 'Becky' Sharp
Romola Garai - Amelia Sedley Osborne
James Purefoy - Colonel Rawdon Crawley
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - George Henry Osborne
Rhys Ifans - Major William Dobbin
Eileen Atkins - Miss Matilda Crawley
Geraldine McEwan - The Countess of Southdown, The Lady Southdown
Gabriel Byrne - Marquess of Steyne
Bob Hoskins - Sir Pitt Crawley Sr.
Douglas Hodge - Sir Pitt Crawley Jr.
Natasha Little - Lady Jane Sheepshanks Crawley
John Woodvine - Lord Bareacres
Barbara Leigh-Hunt - Lady Bareacres
Nicholas Jones (actor) - Lord Darlington
Sian Thomas - Lady Darlington
Trevor Cooper - General Tufto
Kelly Hunter - The Marchioness of Steyne, The Lady Steyne
Camilla Rutherford - Lady Gaunt
Alexandra Staden - Lady George
Jim Broadbent - Mr. Osborne
Tony Maudsley - Joseph 'Jos' Sedley
John Franklyn-Robbins - Mr. Sedley
Deborah Findlay - Mrs. Mary Sedley
Tom Sturridge - Young Georgy
Kathryn Drysdale - Rhoda Swartz
Angelaca Maicy - Monica Shwartz
Robert Pattinson - Rawdy Crawley
William Melling - Young Rawdy Crawley
Ruth Sheen - Miss Pinkerton
Kate Fleetwood - Miss Pinkerton's Crone
Brian Pettifer - Mr. Raggles
Jonathan Phillips - Mr. Wenham (as Jonny Phillips)
Richard McCabe - The King
Plot
“ I had thought her a mere social climber; I see now she's a mountaineer. ”
— Mrs. Sedley
The ambitious Becky Sharp rises from humble beginnings as an orphan using her wit, beauty, and no small amount of spirit.
Reception
Critics gave the film mixed reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 53 out of 100, based on 41 reviews.
Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post gave positive review, calling the movie "Mira Nair's fine movie version of the 1848 book, in all its glory and scope and wit."In the Charlotte Observer, Lawrence Toppman commented that "The filmmakers have wisely retained the main structure of the book" and that "The cast is uniformly good, even when dealing with sudden mood changes forced by the screenwriters' need to move forward." Meanwhile, Lisa Schwarzbaum, in her review in Entertainment Weekly, rated the film a B-, and added that the film "borders on perky — a duller, safer tonal choice for the story of a conniving go-getter whose fall is as precipitous as her rise."
Source:Vanity Fair_(2004 film)
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