Top billed cast

1. 

   Daniel Day-Lewis

   Newland Archer

2. 

   Michelle Pfeiffer

   Ellen Olenska

3. 

   Winona Ryder

   May Welland

4. 

   Alexis Smith

   Louisa van der Luyden

5. 

   Geraldine Chaplin

   Mrs. Welland

6. 

   Jonathan Pryce

   Rivière

7. 

   Richard E. Grant

   Lawrence "Larry" Lefferts

8. 

   Alec McCowen

   Sillerton Jackson

9. 

   Mary Beth Hurt

   Regina Beaufort

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-19

I can’t help but think the praise this gets is as much to do with Martin Scorsese venturing far from his usual style of violent, gritty, drama onto the manicured lawns more readily frequented by Merchant Ivory. Though he does it well enough, this story of New York high society takes a very long time to get to exactly where we expect it to get to, and along the way the tedium of it’s, frequently unrequited, love triangle(s) make heavy going to watch. It’s all about lawyer “Newland” (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is affianced to “May” (Winona Ryder) but seemingly way more intoxicated by he...read the rest

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12. The Object of My Affection58%
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$34,000,000.00

Revenue
$32,255,440.00

Keywords

• infidelity
• new york city
• based on novel or book
• upper class
• lover
• countess
• lawyer
• 19th century