The Scarlet Letter( 1995)

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When intimacy is forbidden and passion is a sin, love is the most defiant crime of all.

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.

Top Billed Cast

Demi Moore
Hester Prynne
Gary Oldman
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Robert Duvall
Roger Chillingworth
Robert Prosky
Horace Stonehall
Edward Hardwicke
Gov. John Bellingham
Joan Plowright
Harriet Hibbons
Roy Dotrice
Rev. Thomas Cheever
Larissa Laskin
Goody Mortimer
Amy Wright
Goody Gotwick
Dana Ivey
Meredith Stonehall
Lisa Andoh
Mituba
Sarah Campbell
Prudence Stonehall
Line Pelletier
Peasant(uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Mar 28 2022

Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmity of the community by insisting on living on her own. Her only ally seems to be the preacher "Dimmesdale" (Gary Oldman) and he becomes more crucial when it looks like her husband has been killed in a shipwreck and when, shortly thereafter, she becomes pregnant. Determined not to reveal the identity of the father, she endures the disdain from her somewhat puritanical neighbours and both her and her...