Moll Flanders (1996 film)

Moll Flanders is a 1996 film starring Robin Wright and Morgan Freeman. The film was directed by Pen Densham. The original music score was composed by Mark Mancina. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Daniel Defoe.

Based on reviews collected by Rotten Tomatoes, Moll Flanders currently has a 47 approval rating from critics. A problem many critics had was with the movie largely throwing out the original Defoe story and structuring it like Forrest Gump in which Wright was prominently featured. While the original book was about a womans struggle to survive a maledominated era the early 17th century and her turning to illegal actions to make it through stealing and prostitution, among other means, the movie dealt with Molls working on herself and improving her life.Roger Ebert gave the movie three stars and said of the film its an original Densham took only the name, the period, and a few notions from Defoe, and has made up the rest. ........

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