Vanity Fair -2004 Film- Info

The of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity Fair

Yet, twenty years later, the film has aged like fine wine. In a modern context, where anti-heroines like Killing Eve’s Villanelle or Succession’s Shiv Roy dominate our screens, Becky Sharp feels prescient. The film refuses to punish her for her sexuality or ambition. When Becky finally tells the sanctimonious Amelia, "I am not a bad woman. Just a strong one," it resonates with 2020s feminism in a way it didn't in the George W. Bush era. vanity fair -2004 film-

The film is a treasure trove of fantastic British talent. James Purefoy is heartbreaking as the good-hearted, ultimately betrayed Rawdon. Romola Garai is perfectly insufferable as the weepy, foolish Amelia. Bob Hoskins is gruffly magnificent as the vulgar but kind Sir Pitt Crawley. And Gabriel Byrne is pure menace as the predatory Lord Steyne, a man whose wealth is matched only by his ennui and cruelty. The of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel Vanity