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The House of Mirth

Play trailer Poster for The House of Mirth PG,  2000,  2h 23m,  History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 82% 102 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 5,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
82% Tomatometer 102 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings
Lily (Gillian Anderson) is a ravishing socialite who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. She seeks a wealthy husband and, in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence Selden (Eric Stoltz). Her quest for a husband comes to a scandalous end when she is falsely accused of having an affair with a married man and is rejected by society and her friends.
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Despite being a period piece, The House of Mirth's depiction of social cruelty still feels chilling and relevant for today.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Nov 21, 2022
[An] exquisite and anguished adaptation... Go to Full Review
Nell Minow Common Sense Media Dec 28, 2010
4/5
A very worthwhile adaptation of Wharton's novel. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Aug 1, 2003
4/4
Besides his remarkable ability to render a profound sense of past in all his films, Davies can uncannily map out the emotions of his characters via his mise-en-scene. Go to Full Review
Jadie Stillwell Screen Slate Aug 26, 2026
Anderson blinks, or smokes a slow cigarette, or snaps her wrist just a shade too hard to catch an extra drop of chloral—and it’s the little things, really, that get us in the end. Go to Full Review
Eddie Harrison film-authority.com Dec 9, 2025
4/5
…Terence Davies’ The House of Mirth is a fine film, sensitive and acutely observed, with a unique sense of turn of the 1900’s America that’s not nostalgic or glamorous, but cold, calculated, a nest of vipers for all but the most well-heeled…. Go to Full Review
David Parkinson Radio Times Oct 30, 2025
4/5
The film echoes Wharton's disgust at the behaviour of the moneyed Fifth Avenue set, while also passing acerbic comment on America's one percent at the turn of the new millennium (and beyond). Go to Full Review
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Luke S Jan 22, 2011 One of the best period pieces you haven't seen.
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Terence Davies

Director

Gillian Anderson

Lily Bart

Eric Stoltz

Lawrence Selden

Dan Aykroyd

Gus Trenor

Eleanor Bron

Mrs. Peniston

Terry Kinney

George Dorset

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The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth (2000) The House of Mirth (2000) Director, Terence Davies and Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart. Eric Stoltz as Lawrence Seldon and Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart. Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart and Eric Stoltz as Lawrence Seldon. Penny Downie as Judy Trenor and Dan Aykroyd as Gus Trenor. Elizabeth McGovern as Carry Fisher. Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart. (Left to right) Dan Aykroyd as Gus Trenor, Gillian Anderson as Lily Bart, and Anthony LaPaglia as Sim Rosedale. Laura Linney as Bertha Dorset and Terry Kinney as George Dorset. View more photos

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Synopsis Lily (Gillian Anderson) is a ravishing socialite who quickly discovers the precariousness of her position when her beauty and charm start attracting unwelcome interest and jealousy. She seeks a wealthy husband and, in trying to conform to social expectations, she misses her chance for real love with Lawrence Selden (Eric Stoltz). Her quest for a husband comes to a scandalous end when she is falsely accused of having an affair with a married man and is rejected by society and her friends.
Director
Terence Davies
Producer
Olivia Stewart
Screenwriter
Terence Davies
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co
Scottish Arts Council, Kinowelt Filmproduktion [de], Diaphana Films, Showtime Networks Inc., Granada Film Productions, Channel 4 Television Corporation, Progress, Arts Council of England, FilmFour, National Lottery, Three Rivers Productions, Glasgow Film Fund
Rating
PG (Thematic Material)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 23, 2000, Original
Release Date (DVD)
May 29, 2001
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.0M
Runtime
2h 23m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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