The Duchess (2008) Reviews & Ratings

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The Duchess reviews

The Duchess holds a 7.0/10 average from 1,844 TMDB ratings.

**A good period film, visually magnificent, but with several flaws from the point of view of accuracy and historical rigor.** Georgiana Cavendish, born Spencer, was one of the most interesting, remarkable and charismatic personalities in British society at the end of the 18th century. She made an enviable marriage, for the period, by marrying the 5th Duke of Devonshire, one of the richest and most powerful British p…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (8/10)

In theory, a more sophisticated period drama based on the true story of Georgiana (Keira Knightley), an aristocrat married off to a loveless marriage with the enormously wealthy and politically influential Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes). She is treated little better than a brood mare in fancy dress but has way to much independent spirit to settle for that and is soon having an affaire de coeur with Dominic Coope…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

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