Review – Seventh Sin

Without bothering to look it up, I’m going to guess that the number seven spot on the list of the “big ten” is adultery. Because heaven knows it’s enough of a theme in this picture. This is the second screen version I’ve seen of W. Somerset Maugham’s The Painted Veil. While normally I’d prefer a quiet little script-intensive production from the 1960s to a big budget 21st century star vehicle, this time it’s the other way around. There isn’t really all that much to the story, so it helps to have huge, colorful landscape shots to provide a little distraction. On the other hand, this does have a slightly more literary quality than the newer edition. Shorter too. Mildly amusing