Easy Virtue (2008 film)

Easy Virtue is a 2008 British romantic comedy film based on Nol Cowards play of the same name. The play was previously made into the silent movie Easy Virtue 1928 by Alfred Hitchcock. This adaptation is directed by Stephan Elliott, written by Elliott and Sheridan Jobbins, and stars Jessica Biel, Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. The score contains many Coward and jazzage songs, some of which are sung or partially sung by the cast.

Larita Jessica Biel, a glamorous American widow and successful racecar driver, meets young John Whittaker Ben Barnes in Monaco. They marry, and he takes his bride home to meet his family at their dauntingly large rural mansion, where seven generations of Whittakers have been gentleman farmers. There she meets her icy cold motherinlaw, Veronica Kristin Scott Thomas and disheveled, sadeyed fatherinlaw, Major Jim Whittaker Colin Firth.Veronica, already predisposed to dislike her new daughterinlaw Johns floozy is further disappointed to find that she is a brash American who, like the Major, speaks fluent French. Larita also meets Johns former girlfriend and neighbour Sarah Hurst Charlotte Riley, who is gracious about the marriage. Larita remains calm in the face of her new motherinlaws disdain, even being so bold as to reveal having been previously married. ........

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