Emma, a small-town woman whose life stems from humble beginnings as a farmer’s daughter marries young. She weds a doctor named Charles Bovary. After years of being in a marriage with no passion or excitement, she gets to attend a party where she briefly experiences the extravagant lifestyle of French nobility. No longer being satisfied with her plain life, Madame Bovary spirals into a deep depression that nobody can save her from. ‘Madame Bovary’ hit theaters on Friday, June 12. The drama film was rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Roger Ebert rated the film 2/4. IMDb rated the film 6.1/10 based on reviews by 480 users. Metacritic gave the film a Metascore of 52 based on reviews by 19 critics. It received 4 positive reviews and 15 mixed reviews. Rotten Tomatoes rated the film 43% on its Tomatometer with an average rating of 5.6/10 based on 40 reviews. It received 17 Fresh reviews and 23 Rotten reviews. Its Audience Score is 33% with an average rating of 3/5 based on 1,717 user ratings. The film runs for 1 hour and 58 minutes.

‘Madam Bovary’ stars Mia Wasikowska as Emma Bovary, Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Charles Bovary, Ezra Miller as Leon Dupuis, Paul Giamatti as Monsieur Homais, Rhys Ifans as Monsieur Lheureux, Logan Marshall-Green as the Marquis, Olivier Gourmet as Monsieur Rouault, and Laura Carmichael as Henrietta.

The film was directed by Sophie Barthes. It was written by Sophie Barthes and Rose Barreneche. The producers of the film are Sophie Barthes, Felipe Marino, Jaime Mateus-Tique, and Joe Neurauter. The film is based on the novel by Gustave Flaubert with the same title. Music is by Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine. Cinematography is by Andrij Perekh. It was edited by Mikkel E.G. Nielsen. The production companies behind the film are Aden Film, Aleph Motion Pictures, Left Field Ventures, Occupant Entertainment, and Radiant Films International. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox, Company Russia, Warner Bros., and Noori Pictures.

Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes:

“With her thousand-mile frown, Mia Wasikowska was born to play Victorian heroines, though she's a little too intelligent and self-aware for Flaubert's Emma Bovary,” wrote J.R. Jones from Chicago Reader.

“This umpteenth adaptation of Flaubert's classic novel at least chooses its Emma wisely …,” wrote Leah Greenblatt from Entertainment Weekly.

“For all the talk of romance, this is a Madame Bovary that's grounded in the real - in the sounds and colors of Emma's world, in its material limitations and splendors,” wrote Bilge Ebiri from New York Magazine/Vulture.

“After more than a century and a half, Emma Bovary is a classic ball of decidedly human confusion that just keeps on giving,” wrote Tom Long from Detroit News.

“The tragedy accelerates impressively, but the well-acted film doesn't leave us wiser about the enigmatic, ever-doomed figure at the center of things,” wrote Graham Fuller from New York Daily News.

“The trick with any adaptation of Flaubert's brilliantly humdrum tragedy: how to make ennui engaging. Director Sophie Barthes has little luck in this latest trek down Madame Bovary's road to Rouen,” wrote Alan Scherstuhl from Village Voice.

“This latest adaptation of a rarely well-filmed novel makes a strong effort to capture the stiflingly provincial world that Flaubert was able to describe in such precise, painstaking detail on the page,” wrote Justin Chang from Variety.