Review of The Governess (1998) by Ms P — 12 Aug 2007

I really believe Minnie should have received an Academy Award nomination for this film. Excellent costume design, cinematography and story.

This review of The Governess (1998) was written by Ms P on 12 Aug 2007.

The Governess has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of The Governess

Review of The Governess (1998)

By P B (957) on 06 Nov 2007

Minnie Driver is destined to be one of the great actresses like Emma Thomson, Judi Dench etc. She has that gift to play intelligent characters…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By K. L (131) on 15 Mar 2008

Naked Tom Wilkinson was not what I rented this movie in hopes of seeing…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Rod S (171) on 30 May 2007

Period drama starring Minnie Driver. Good viewing…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By John B (4,244) on 20 Jan 2010

There you go Minnie Driver. There is life after Matt Damon after all! Too bad we hardly see you anymore…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Robert C (1,701) on 14 Jul 2009

Tragically, it could have been a much better movie, the romantic leads have no chemistry, its long winded and boring…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Lee M (4,001) on 27 Nov 2017

If Jane Austen or a BrontÃ« sister were inclined to revolve their tale of forbidden love and parlor room intrigue around a Jewish heroine,…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Scott S (1,964) on 26 Mar 2013

Set in the1840's a Jewish girl must support her family by taking a job as the governess of the mean spirited spoilt daughter of a wealthy man…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Ilana Lindsey (5) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Jan 2008

Commercial director Sandra Goldbacher's first feature is beautifully filmed and covers interesting thematic ground…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Marisa O (9) on 27 Sep 2007

I was surpised by the performance of Minnie Driver after I rented this movie just for the sake of Jonathan Rhys-Meyers…

Read Review

Review of The Governess (1998)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Oct 2006

The real wonder becomes how British filmmaker Sandra Goldbacher was able to write and direct such an accomplished, touching and original movie…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Across the Universe (2007)

By Jims. (41) on 13 Sep 2007

The Beatles are the most over rated rock band in the world. Their music is terrible and makes an excellent match for this craptacular film…

Read Review

Review of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 05 May 2012

These actors know how to liven up a room, yet here they're forced to perform in Miller's Theater for the Overwritten…

Read Review

Review of The 11th Hour (2007)

By S.a.sr. (1) on 30 Aug 2007

BORING-INFORMATIVE-BUT BORING AS HELL. I could've waited for the documentary to come to HBO On Demand, or any ON DEMAND for that matter…

Read Review

Review of Afterparty (2013)

By Damir A (136) on 31 Oct 2014

Decent slasher-thriller from Spain. Reasonably interesting and entertaining: good setup, decent amount of intrigue and tension…

Read Review

Review of Hotel Very Welcome (2007)

By Cristina M (66) on 24 Aug 2008

The phone conversation is the best part of the movie, which doesn't say anything good about it…

Read Review

Review of Carolina (2003)

By Andy C (1,868) on 07 Mar 2012

Shocking. Absolutely shocking. The entire plot revolves around a neurotic southern family with Shirley MacLaine at the head…

Read Review

Review of Love Life (2007)

By James H (4,675) on 01 Jan 2009

Low budget, with fair acting. The screenplay doesn't ring true, therefore the story really isn't convincing…

Read Review

Review of I'm Your Man (2021)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 12 Aug 2021

I was disappointed with a film whose crises and dilemmas seem laborious and essentially predictable; it does not fully work as sci-fi or satire…

Read Review

Review of Language Lessons (2021)

By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Sep 2021

The twists in the story are meant to raise the emotional stakes, but they have the opposite effect, undermining the credibility of the premise…

Read Review

Review of The Fallout (2021)

By Datpino (4) on 09 Dec 2022

Woke and under age sexuality forced onto you from the off set of the movie. Gross child groomers are at it again…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Parasite

2019

87%251 Reviews

The Platform

2019

70%94 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

No Time to Die

2021

74%254 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

The Governess

1998

57%54 Reviews

Man Up

2015

68%354 Reviews

An American Pickle

2020

54%56 Reviews

2001

59%415 Reviews

Bats

1999

39%164 Reviews

A Night at the Roxbury

1998

60%503 Reviews

All the King's Men

1983

54%503 Reviews

Borderland

2007

51%227 Reviews

If I Stay

2014

61%829 Reviews

American Pie Presents: Beta House

2007

55%397 Reviews