Easy Virtue is a 2008 British-Canadian romantic comedy film based on Noël Coward's play of the same name. The play was previously made into the silent movie Easy Virtue 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 jazz-age songs, some of which are sung, or partially sung by the cast. Easy Virtue is a social comedy in which a glamorous American widow, Larita, impetuously marries a young Englishman, John Whittaker, in... the South of France. When they return to England to meet his parents, his mother takes a strong dislike to their new daughter-in-law, while his father, Jim, finds a kindred spirit. Family tensions escalate. The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival and London Film Festival prior to its 7 November release by Pathé in the UK. Subsequently, the film was also screened at the Rio International Film Festival, Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi, and the Rome Film Festival. It closed the Adelaide Film Festival prior to the Australian theatrical release on March 12, 2009.
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| Release date: | 2008 |
| Directed by: | Stephan Elliott |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Producer: | Barnaby Thompson, Joe Abrams, James D. Stern |
| Screenplay by: | Sheridan Jobbins, Stephan Elliott |
| Estimated budget: | $14,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Easy Virtue |
| Genre: | Comedy |