Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp, with a supporting cast including James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Jim Broadbent. Plot & Themes
She arrived in London like a wind that unsettled drawing rooms. Becky's manners were studied, her laughter carefully pitched; she listened with the precise interest of a courtier sizing the next advantage. When she read the faces across the card table—coy, bored, greedy—she could already count the possibilities. She befriended Amelia Sedley because Amelia’s gentle loyalty and modest fortune were currency Becky could spend later. Amelia's husband, George, was a soft-eyed boy from the militia; Becky admired his sincerity but saw it as a private pleasure, not a foundation. vanity fair -2004 film-
Critics argued this ending betrayed Thackeray’s cynical intent, giving the audience a "Hollywood" resolution. Supporters, however, argued it was the perfect capstone to Nair’s theme: Becky didn’t need the approval of English aristocrats; she built her own empire. Reese Witherspoon as Becky Sharp, with a supporting