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Cheri

It is turn of the century in Belle Epoque Paris and a scandalous romp is underfoot. The sensational tale begins as the ravishing Lea contemplates retirement from her renowned stature as Paris' most envied seductress to the rich and famous. Her plans are cut short when she is approached by a former courtesan and arch rival, the barb-throwing gossip Charlotte Peloux, who encourages Lea to teach her disaffected 19-year-old son -- a bon vivant nicknamed "Cheri" -- a thing or two about women. The resulting… Show more

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June 26, 2009 - Boston.com - Ty Burr, Globe Staff

It takes a while for “Cheri’’ to limber up and get to the heart of the matter. A Belle Époque romantic drama reuniting some of the talents from 1988’s “Dangerous Liaisons’’ - director Stephen Frears, star Michelle Pfeiffer, writer Christopher Hampton - the movie at first seems a waxwork parody of Merchant Ivory-style filmmaking. It’s all bustles and brocades and arch dialogue, and there’s the additional incongruity of a California blonde amid the 1890s stemware.

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