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  • The Painted Veil
  • Opened December 20, 2006 | Runtime:2 hr. 4 min.
  • PG-13
    some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. Read More
  • Caught in an affair with another man (Liev Schreiber), a scientist's callow wife (Naomi Watts) accompanies her husband (Edward Norton) to mainland China in the 1920s to fight a cholera epidemic. There, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery that Read More
  • Cast: Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones, Diana Rigg
  • Director: John J. Curran
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama, Romance

The Painted Veil Recent Fan Reviews

  • Must Go!

    GRANDE FILM!!!!!!!!!!!!

    by everygreen

    questo film è bellissimo!!! da vedere e rivedere. gli attori sono bravissimi

  • Must Go!

    The Painted Veil

    by gfaigen

    Great drama, great acting, a refreshing welcome to movies without sex, violence and street language.  We need more movies like this instead of the garbage Hollywood has been spewing out for years.  An adult film for adult minds - it's about time!!!

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    Very good love story

    by cjtolmie

    Very touching and moving film. Ed Norton, and Naomi Watts give excellent performances and the film itself was beautiful. See this film.

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The Painted Veil Critic Reviews

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  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    The year's best romantic drama.

  • 88
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    The Painted Veil is a welcome addition to the slate of holiday movies,...

  • 83
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    The always surprising Watts creates a woman at once contemporary and retro. And...

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    The Painted Veil has the power and intimacy of a timeless love story. By all...

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