Brent Simon of Shared Darkness criticized the film for being `` A gassy , self-satisfied adaptation of the 1885 novel of the same name , threadbare Parisian period piece Bel Ami belies the erroneous notion that costume dramas automatically have a higher IQ than their contemporary dramatic brethren . ''
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