The Painted Veil — filmmaker John Curran’s adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s classic novel, starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton, who each also pull producer credits — is also an intriguing and engaging inverted tale of romance in reverse. It’s a film which locates deep and subtle truths about the manner in which infidelity and
misunderstandings can breed self-disgust in the (more) aggrieved party,
and how this in turn informs their callousness. For the full review, from FilmStew, click here.