In 1666 in the Massachusetts Bay colony, Puritans and the Algonquian have an uneasy truce. Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) arrives from England, seeking independence. Awaiting her husband, she establishes independence, fixing up a house, befriending Quakers and other outsiders. Passion draws her to the young pastor, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman). He feels the same; when they learn her husband has probably died at the hands of Indians, they consummate their love. A child... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1666 in the Massachusetts Bay colony, Puritans and the Algonquian have an uneasy truce. Hester Prynne (Demi Moore) arrives from England, seeking independence. Awaiting her husband, she establishes independence, fixing up a house, befriending Quakers and other outsiders. Passion draws her to the young pastor, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman). He feels the same; when they learn her husband has probably died at the hands of Indians, they consummate their love. A child is born, and on the day Hester is publicly humiliated and made to wear a scarlet letter, her husband appears after a year with Indians. Calling himself Chillingworth (Robert Duvall), he seeks revenge, searching out Hester's lover and stirring fears of witchcraft. Will his murderous plot succeed?
Leave your thoughts about The Scarlet Letter.
| Palo Alto WeeklyJeanne AufmuthCorny, heavy-handed, but definitely romantic, The Scarlet Letter is a mindless piece of historical amusement. |
| Boxoffice MagazineChristine JamesA sweepingly romantic and formulaically fulfilling tale set in the oppressively patriarchal and staunchly religious mid-17th century. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliLiterary purists will be aghast at some of the liberties taken with the original text, but my complaints have more to do with cinematic misjudgments than with those in the book-to-screen translation. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Chris HicksThe result is merely a big-budget, opulently costumed soap opera that is way too long (two hours, 15 minutes) and way too slow. |
| TV GuideMaitland McDonaghRage, love, defiance, confusion, fear -- Moore just sticks out her chin and makes her eyes brim with tears. She's the stolidly immovable object at the film's center, and there's no getting around her. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie has removed the character's sense of guilt, and therefore the story's drama. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeInstead of being a symbolism-laden parable about hypocrisy and set-morals, it decides to become a condemnation of Puritan lifestyles, not because they're a bunch of hypocrites, but because, hey, they won't have sex! |
| Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum"Freely adapted from the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne," the credits say cautiously. I'll say. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisFor anyone who's ever wondered why Hawthorne left out the mute servants, red cockatoos, and rolls in the proverbial hay. As Hawthorne himself would say: "Ignominious!" |
| San Francisco ExaminerBarbara ShulgasserWith Demi Moore and Gary Oldman as those 17th century adulterers Hester Prynne and the Rev. Dimmesdale, the movie has its silly moments, but more impressively, it is turgid, the second most prevalent trait of Joffe's films, and long, the third. |
