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Name: Bel Ami
Released: 2011-6-30
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney

Bel Ami

R
1h 42m
2011

27%

age 17+

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Biopic about 19th Century French writer Guy de Maupassant, a young man who scandalously slept his way to the top of Paris' high society in the 1890's with some of the city's most influential women.

Director:

Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod

Producer:

Uberto Pasolini

Writer:

Rachel Bennette

Cast:

Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney, Philip Glenister, Holliday Grainger

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

27%

Critics Consensus: Bel Ami contains some soapy pleasures but it overall rushes through the narrative and suffers from a vague central performance by Robert Pattinson.

Reviews

Patrick Nabarro

PJ Nabarro

This transparent Robert Pattinson vehicle is little more than a nineteenth century Parisian episode of Gossip Girl.

[Robert] Pattison does step beyond Twilight and give us a bit more depth, not to mention some nice ass, er, ass work.

Guy De Maupassant, an expert craftsman of the short story, known for his brilliant flashes of naturalism and realism, here lies butchered on the silver screen in one bloated, unnatural, unrealistic adaptation of his work.

There's almost nothing about Bel Ami which doesn't feel contrived and artificial.

It's neither seductive nor absorbing, and although I hate to point the finger... I would say the lead actor, Robert Pattinson, means well and tries hard, bless, but just doesn't have the chops.

August 31, 2018

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Robert Pattinson is bland in sex-filled costume drama.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that Twilight star Robert Pattinson further distances himself from the relatively wholesome role of Edward in Bel Ami, a strongly sexual period drama about a social climber who charms and seduces several upper-class women to live a life of luxury. There are many passionate sex scenes, several of which involve nudity (breasts and buttocks are visible). Language includes one "f--k," as well as insults about a character's humble background. Violence is relatively mild, but there's one fist fight and one disturbing scene when a man bloodily succumbs to consumption. Bel Ami isn't a film with positive messages or role models, but it could provoke interesting conversations about class, power, and sex.