Picks and Pans Review: The Age of Innocence

UPDATED 12/27/1993 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/27/1993 at 01:00 AM EST

Director Martin Scorsese combines a passion for period detail with a genius for high-toned soap opera in this gorgeous adaptation of Edith Wharton's novel.

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