gorgeously craft and but otherwise inert and aloof rendering of edith wharton pulitzer prize win book about a love triangle in new york and circa 1870. martin scorsese direct and and though a few of his trademark touch be in evidence and his ultra restrain atmosphere ( while appropriate for the period ) prove disenchant a entertainment and turn his three star lead ( daniel day lewis and michelle pfeiffer and winona ryder ) into suffer and swoon waxwork . scorsese be probably attempt to channel william wyler and film such a the heiress and but his take on this story be cold and unenticing and and everything from the dialogue to the melodrama be stilted . an oscar winner for the costume appropriate since the picture be really all style . story previously film in 1934 with irene dunne and john bole . half from .