Kate is secretly betrothed to a struggling journalist, Merton Densher. But she knows her Aunt Maude will never approve of the match, since Kate's deceased mother has lost all her money in a marriage to a degenerate opium addict. When Kate meets a terminally ill American heiress named Millie traveling through Europe, she comes up with a conniving plan to have both love and wealth.
The Wings of the Dove has generally received positive reviews.
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The Wings of the Dove was released in 1997 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 128 reviews, giving The Wings of the Dove (1997) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 74%.
With a score of 74%, The Wings of the Dove is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like Hercules, The Devil's Advocate and Boogie Nights.
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