The Bearded Trio

THE BEGUILED Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Ooona Lawrence, Angourie Rice, Emma Howard, Addison Riecke Based on the novel by Thomas Culinan and the screenplay by Albert Maitz and Irene Kamp Screenplay by Sofia Coppola Directed by Sofiia Copola Reviewed by Patrick Gibbs  Out of Four D on Siegel and Clint Eastwood's 1971 Gothic melodrama The Beguiled is pretty well respected film that received favorable reviews, despite being essentially a rather silly, steamy, exploitative thriller with misogynistic themes. Siegel himself said that the story was about "the basic desire of women to castrate men" (and in fairness, I do think a lot of women would like to castrate Siegel and Eastwood after seeing just the trailer for this film.). It's a "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' story with a bit of a chauvinistic sexual fantasy element (but otherwise, it's very progressive.). But that was 1971, and ...