In "The Duchess," a lavish melodrama of aristocratic foolishness and betrayal is designed around the colorful though not always happy life of Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806).

"The Duchess" has great fun exploring the dalliances of a royal family, but the lady in question deserves a higher throne.

Still, "The Duchess" doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is: a comfortable, low-calorie morsel of historical drama. As long as movie-goers don't expect anything more, they'll be ...

Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and some very complex 18th-century fashions play the leading roles in the historical drama "The Duchess." ...

``The Duchess'' is a lavish exercise in style over substance, but it’s a well-crafted, superbly acted one.

Much is made in Britain of the fact that Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire (1757-1806), was the great-great-great- great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales. I wouldn’t know where to start in… ...

The Duchess in the end is an entertaining, beautifully shot, acted and crafted piece of cinema. The premise isn’t anything ground breaking or original, but it is definitely a better entry in the ...

Keira Knightley as the Duchess of Devonshire in 'The Duchess,' which is set to open locally on Oct. 10. New Orleans-area movie-goers who are eagerly awaiting the Keira Knightley period piece "The ...