The House Of Mirth - 2000 - 7/10
Social beauty faces dilemma: marry for money vs. marry for love.
Even though Lily is thoughtful and selective, choosing is excruciating.
Nor is she skilled at the games, the rivalries, the schemes.
While time as her “most desirable” status, drains from the hourglass.
Another adaptation of an Edith Wharton, this provides stark contrast to The Age Of Innocence.
The latter is gorgeously opulent, where The House Of Mirth is gloom soaked gray.
Stakes seem lower in this, although consequences are harsher.
Not to my taste, yet a darkly powerful film.