i really like this movie because it be so rich in every aspect represent from the acting and to the setting and the costume and the cinematography and the score and everything be beautifully craft . the movie seem to start slowly and the story be only relatively important . more than anything it be an occasion for scorsese to talk about the ny upper society of the late 1800 and and it rigid way and sometimes desperate ( see ryder character ) and often cruel to maintain an identity ( paradoxically build on the european upper class mold ) despite the change that be happen . i be very impressed by the use of the object and the clothes of the time to describe the feeling of the scene or of the character involve . the actor be all very good and but michelle pfeiffer really delivers and excellent performance . also winona ryder character be well portrayed and towards the end of the movie and the actress be able to convincingly show how her character be much more layered than what it seem to be in the beginning of the story . in my opinion this movie deserve 8 .