Handsomely mounted, period-perfect and starring the empathetic Mia Wasikowska in the title role, the new "Madame Bovary" narrows the scope and finds a different focus within Gustave Flaubert's novel. But stripping away complexity doesn't just undo decades of politically correct efforts to add justifications for the actions of the bored, repressed 1840s French housewife. Director Sophie Barthes ("Cold Souls") dares to see her acquisitive, shallow heroine as a villain. That should raise some eyebrows. We meet Emma...
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