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WRIGHT CAN'T SAVE LISTLESS `MOLL'.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)

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From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
Date: 19960614
Author:Denerstein, Robert

Byline: Robert Denerstein Rocky Mountain News Film Critic

Moll Flanders

Grade C

Moll Flanders, Robin Wright; Hibble, Morgan Freeman; the artist, John Lynch; Mrs. Mazzawatti, Brenda Fricker; Edna, Geraldine James; Flora, Aisling Corcoran. Screen story and screenplay by Pen Densham, based on characters from the novel by Daniel Defoe. Directed by Pen Densham. An MGM release. Rated PG-13: violence, adult subject matter. Opens today at area theaters.

Who's it for? General audiences.

Devotees of Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders (1772) might do well to avoid the movie ...

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