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Washington Square

Play trailer Poster for Washington Square PG,  1997,  1h 55m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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81% Tomatometer 32 Reviews 69% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A wealthy man distrusts the motives of a dashing suitor courting his plain, sheltered daughter in the 1850s New York.
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David Ansen Newsweek Mar 6, 2018
Holland's passionate version may be truer to James. He'd be startled by its earthiness, but he'd recognize these bruised, complex hearts as his own. Go to Full Review
Mike Clark USA Today Jan 1, 2000
2.5/4
There's isn't much tension here, and, if anything, the film is stolen by Maggie Smith and Judith Ivey as Finney's sisters. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
Henry James saw more humor in the story than Holland does (although Aunt Lavinia remains comic), but what they both understand is that in a family such as this, everything depends on the money -- unless nothing does. Go to Full Review
Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Feb 13, 2024
Leigh plays the role Catherine Sloper with a repressed ferocity and has great chemistry with Chaplin. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jan 18, 2019
2.5/4
Not even the usually twinkle-eyed Maggie Smith, here playing Catherine's aunt, can buoy the material. Go to Full Review
Louis Menand The New York Review of Books Aug 17, 2018
If you are going to have an appealing Townsend you may as well have a distinctive Catherine. When they are sitting side by side playing piano duets, or kissing passionately in the parlor while the doctor is out, they make believable lovers. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Agnieszka Holland

Director

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Catherine Sloper

Albert Finney

Dr. Austin Sloper

Ben Chaplin

Morris Townsend

Maggie Smith

Aunt Lavinia Penniman

Judith Ivey

Aunt Elizabeth Almond

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Movie Info

Synopsis A wealthy man distrusts the motives of a dashing suitor courting his plain, sheltered daughter in the 1850s New York.
Director
Agnieszka Holland
Producer
Roger Birnbaum, Julie Bergman Sender
Screenwriter
Henry James, Carol Doyle
Distributor
Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co
Hollywood Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 3, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.8M
Runtime
1h 55m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital, Surround
Aspect Ratio
35mm, Flat (1.85:1)
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