The read
Audiences rate it 41 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Audiences rate it 41 points higher than critics do.
538 audience votes
Key crew
- Roland JofféDirector
- Douglas Day StewartScreenplay
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Demi MooreHester Prynne
- Gary OldmanRev. Arthur Dimmesdale
- Robert DuvallRoger Chillingworth
- Lisa AndohMituba
- Edward HardwickeGov. John Bellingham
- Robert ProskyHorace Stonehall
- Roy DotriceRev. Thomas Cheever
- Joan PlowrightHarriet Hibbons
- Malcolm StorryMaj. Dunsmuir
- James BeardenGoodman Mortimer
- Larissa LaskinGoody Mortimer
- Amy WrightGoody Gotwick
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Themes
based on novel or bookboston, massachusettspregnancywitch burningpuritanperiod dramaextramarital affair17th century