Duchess (Blu-ray)

Based on the Incredible True Story.

Academy Award nominees Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes star in The Duchess -- the compelling true story of a lavish world filled with smoldering passion, heartbreaking deception and stifling demands. Beloved by a nation but betrayed by her husband, Georgiana Spencer -- the Duchess of Devonshire and "Empress of Fashion" -- faced an agonizing choice between responsibility and love. This gripping portrayal of England's "It Girl" has won acclaim from audiences and critics alike. She was vivacious. She was heroic. She was The Duchess.

"An uncommonly well-crafted historical feminist tearjerker--both anti-patriarchal and a monument to motherhood.  David Edelstein, New York Magazine
"This is scandal-mongering fun that also lays bare the deforming power of the male aristocracy.  J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
"...an addictively entertaining diversion that's as hard to stop watching as the books are to stop reading.  Paula Nechak, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"It's Knightley who makes The Duchess a royal treat.  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"The Duchess is feisty, cool and scandalous.  Richard Schickel, Time