Cotton Mary

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Cotton Mary
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Directed by Ismail Merchant
Madhur Jaffrey (co-director)
Written by Alexandra Viets
Produced by Nayeem Hafizka
Richard Hawley
Paul Bradley (executive)
Gil Donaldson (associate)
Starring
Cinematography Pierre Lhomme
Edited by John David Allen
Music by Richard Robbins
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • 17 December 1999 (1999-12-17)(UK)
Running time
124 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish

Cotton Mary is a 1999 film co-directed by Ismail Merchant, best known as the producer half of Merchant Ivory, and the Indian actress and writer Madhur Jaffrey, who also co-starred. It is a sensual film, shot in coastal South India.

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Plot

Lily Macintosh (Scacchi), an upper-class British woman living in India, has struggled since the birth of her child and is in need of a nanny. An Indian military nurse known as Cotton Mary (Jaffrey) takes the post; she is an ambitious woman who is eager to be part of British society. She seems kind at first, but her true nature gradually reveals itself as she manipulates everyone around her to get what she wants.

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Reception

On Metacritic the film has a score of 52% based on reviews from 18 critics. [1] On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 36% based on reviews from 33 critics. [2]

Roger Ebert gave the film two out of four stars. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Cotton Mary". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Cotton Mary (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ↑ Roger Ebert (31 March 2020). "Cotton Mary" . Retrieved 14 October 2020.


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