Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

The Affair of the Necklace
2001
**
Director: Charles Shyer
Cast: Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker, Adrien Brody, Brian Cox

On the eve of the French Revolution a young woman attempts to save her family name by concocting a plot which involves Marie Antoinette and a powerful Cardinal. The main failing of this stillborn costume piece is that it expects us to feel sorry for the protagonist. Hilary Swank is dreadfully artificial in the lead, and not only because of her dubious accent.