The Scarlet Letter
(1995)
Overview
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.
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 5/10March 28, 2022
Heavens, but this is heavy going. Demi Moore is "Hester", sent on to a Massachusetts colony ahead of her husband to set up their new home. Determined to stand on her own two feet, she invites the enmity of the community by insisting on living on her own. Her only ally seems to be the preacher "Dimmesdale" (Gary Oldman) and he becomes more crucial when it looks like her husband has been killed in a shipwreck and when, shortly thereafter, she becom… read the rest.
Wuchak
⭐ 8/10June 10, 2025
**_A glimpse of what it was like to live on the Northeast coast in the mid-1600s_**
Hester Prynne arrives at the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1666 (Demi Moore) to set up a homestead in preparation for her husband. As she gets to know the local pastor, Arthur Dimmesdale (Gary Oldman), they get word of tragedy concerning her spouse (Robert Duvall).
"The Scarlet Letter” (1995) is notorious for being one of the worst adaptions of a well-known no…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$50,000,000
Revenue
$10,382,407