✗ SKIP — Not worth it
Bel Ami
2012 · 1h 42m · Romance, Drama
IMDb
5.4
Metacritic
42
RT
27%
Skip it. 'Bel Ami' is a by-the-numbers period drama that mistakes sleaze for sophistication—Robert Pattinson's blank stare can't salvage a hollow adaptation of a classic novel, and the whole thing plays like a CW show dressed up in 1890s corsetry.
Plot
Georges Duroy travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.
Director: Nick Ormerod
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colm Meaney
