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The Scarlet Letter

6.1/ 10

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1995

Release Year

135 min

Runtime

Drama
Romance

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.

Keywords

based on novel or book
boston, massachusetts
pregnancy
witch burning
puritan
period drama
extramarital affair
17th century

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Reviews(2)

6.5avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 28, 2022

5
5/10

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 "Dimme

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Wuchak

Wuchak

June 10, 2025

8
8/10

**_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

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