The Scarlet Letter (1995)
"When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all."
Critics Score
🎬 13%
(RT: 13%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Lisa Andoh as Mituba
Edward Hardwicke as Gov. John Bellingham
Is The Scarlet Letter good?
Most people think so. 78% of audiences gave it a thumbs up, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 13%, but audiences disagreed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is "convicted" of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet "A" until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and leads to a reevaluation of their laws and morals. Wikipedia ↗
