Basil (1998)

• Year: 1998
• Released: 22 Jul 1998
• Country: United Kingdom
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• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118686/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/basil
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 113 min
• Writer: Radha Bharadwaj, Wilkie Collins
• Director: Radha Bharadwaj
• Cast: Christian Slater, Jared Leto, Claire Forlani
• Keywords: woman director,

	5.9/10
	0% – Critics
	46% – Audience

Basil Storyline

Basil is the story of a sheltered, naive young aristocrat who finds a friend, John Mannion and through him meets Julia Sherwin. Basil falls in love with Julia, but she is below his class, and if his father finds out, he will be disinherited and sent away, as his older brother, Ralph was, when he unwisely did the same. How can Basil keep his love and his father’s respect?—A Thomas

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Basil Movie Reviews

Bizarre and unexpected – worth a watch

This movie is based on Wilkie Collins’ (author of Moonstone and Woman int White) little known 2nd novel “Basil”. The story is an unexpected combination of a Victorian Gothic novel with lust, passion, betrayal, revenge and more. It comes across as more sensational and modern than one would expect from a story from the mid 1800s. I think the screenplay expanded upon the novel. The plot twists are quite startling and some aspects of the story don’t make that much sense in a but it’s a suspenseful and satisfying yarn to watch on screen.

The filming is quite well done with atmospheric locations and sets. The cast is interesting with Jared Leto and Christian Slater both playing English characters with accents that aren’t quite spot on of course. Half Italian Claire Forlani plays an English lady although she has a slightly Mediterranean look.

Instead of watching another adaptation of Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights give this one a chance.

Nothing wrong with this movie

It’s a tempting story about lust, deception, revenge and obsession. Nothing’s wrong with this movie, the three eye catching main cast were doing fine for the film, but the story itself just lack the passion of becoming a powerful drama.

After the fast and intriguing pace from the midway of the movie until the edge, the movie was washed off by a poorly executed climax which made it ended up so cliché. It’s not a mainstream ending but at the same time looks so lame and motiveless. Too bad.

But again I think this is still a better romantic thriller film than most teenage romantic movie you’ll find everywhere this day. But it was surely a movie only to watch when you’re in the mood.

Why didn’t they release this in theaters?!

I watched this movie on AMC yesterday afternoon. I was glued to my television set for 2 hours. I didn’t move a muscle. I must say that most of my faith in Christian Slater is restored. His work in this film is superb. I attempted to explain this movie to someone, but it was just too complicated. The story was excellent! Unfortunately, this film wasn’t released in theaters. I certainly would have paid $6.50 to see it again.