The Age of Innocence (1993)
83%RT Audience Score: 75%
Awards & Nominations: Won 1 Oscar
15 wins & 33 nominations total
Equal measures romantic and wistful, Martin Scorsese’s elegant adaptation of The Age of Innocence is a triumphant exercise in both stylistic and thematic restraint
The Age of Innocence is a movie that will transport you to a world of glamour, wealth, and forbidden love. With a cast that includes Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder, this movie is a feast for the eyes and the heart. Scorsese’s direction is impeccable, and the attention to detail is stunning. You will feel like you are living in the Gilded Age, and you will root for the characters to find happiness, even if it seems impossible. If you want to escape reality for a couple of hours and indulge in a beautiful love story, The Age of Innocence is the perfect choice. Just make sure you have a box of tissues nearby!
Production Company(ies)
Shinchosha Company, Studio Ghibli,
Distributor
Columbia Pictures, Columbia Tristar
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Enid A Haupt Conservatory, New York Botanical Gardens – 200th Street & Southern Boulevard, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
MPAA / Certificate
Rated PG for thematic elements and some mild language
Year of Release
1993
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby Stereo
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:2h 18m
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Language(s):English, Italian, French
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Sep 17, 1993 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 6, 2001
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Richard E Grant, Alec McCowen, Geraldine Chaplin, directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Martin Scorsese, Edith Wharton, Jay Cocks, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Danny King, Chuck Bowen, Stanley Kauffmann, Owen Gleiberman, Angie Errigo, Jonathan Rosenbaum, PG, Barbara De Fina, Columbia Pictures, Columbia Tristar, $31.9M, The Song of Bernadette, A Star Is Born, Friendly Persuasion, Mrs Miniver, Two for the Road, 19th century, high society, New York, love triangle, passion, social outcast, lawyer, socialite, countess, estranged husband, pursuit, romantic, wistful, stylistic, thematic restraint, emotional control, subtle signals, forbidden love, moral values, period film, trappings, minutiae, chemistry, storytelling, intrigue, drama
Worldwide gross: $32,255,440
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $67,002,780
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,210
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 7,306,737
US/Canada gross: $32,255,440
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $67,002,780
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 941
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,317,289
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $4,813,601
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,106
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $34,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $70,626,676
Production budget ranking: 599
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $38,032,465
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): -$41,656,361
ROI to date (est.): -38%
ROI ranking: 1,612
Michelle Pfeiffer – Ellen Olenska
Winona Ryder – May Welland
Richard E. Grant – Larry Lefferts
Alec McCowen – Sillerton Jackson
Geraldine Chaplin – Mrs. Welland
Martin Scorsese – Director
Barbara De Fina – Producer
Martin Scorsese, Edith Wharton, Jay Cocks – Writers
Director(s)
Martin Scorsese
Writer(s)
Martin Scorsese, Edith Wharton, Jay Cocks
Producer(s)
Barbara De Fina
Film Festivals
Cannes
Awards & Nominations
Won 1 Oscar
15 wins & 33 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Achievement in Costume Design Winners, Oscar Nominees, Oscar Winners
All Critics (60) | Top Critics (17) | Fresh (51) | Rotten (9)
A consistent spellbinder, laying bare its inhabitants’ follies and furies with a tender touch and a vigilant quietude that accumulates into a grand force.
August 7, 2018
Danny King
Village Voice
TOP CRITIC
Following Wharton’s example, Scorsese accepts The Age of Innocence’s flamboyantly wealthy and corrupt characters as they are without indulging in fashionably retrospective editorializing.
August 4, 2018 | Rating: 4/4
Chuck Bowen
Slant Magazine
TOP CRITIC
I don’t know any of those [prior] versions, and I wonder how (which means I doubt that) they avoided the snare that Wharton unwittingly set for her adapters, the snare that, for all his gifts, caught Scorsese.
June 19, 2013
Stanley Kauffmann
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
September 7, 2011 | Rating: B+
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
TOP CRITIC
Day-Lewis and Pfeifer are on top form with Ryder giving the performance of her career.
February 1, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
Angie Errigo
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Manages to be both personal and true to its source, though it never quite comes together.
February 1, 2010
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
Few endings are as important to the final perception of a movie as is the ending of The Age of Innocence. Martin Scorsese is obsessed with all the timelines of New York, and Daniel Day-Lewis is from another planet. Full review in Spanish
April 8, 2022 | Rating: 8/10
Victor Pineyro
Seventh Art Studio
Scorsese’s career is filled with New York stories; however, they rarely take place in such fine surroundings.
February 14, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Brian Eggert
Deep Focus Review
An exquisite and absorbing drama that’s the cinematic equivalent of a good read.
August 31, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
This is a magical tribute to a long-gone world. And in the tradition of the great films of romantic heartbreak, it leaves us in an after- glow of yearning.
August 4, 2021
Molly Haskell
Ladies’ Home Journal
Sometimes, the greatest love stories are the ones that could never be.
April 30, 2021
Allen Almachar
The MacGuffin
It is a gentle, beautiful and artistic film.
September 1, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0
Richard Propes
TheIndependentCritic.com…
Plot
Society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May’s unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. At first, Newland becomes a defender of the Countess, whose separation from her abusive husband makes her a social outcast in the restrictive high society of late-19th Century New York, but he finds in her a kindred spirit and they fall in love.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The Age of Innocence features an impressive cast including Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Winona Ryder.
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