ada
the leading man is my tpye
NekoHomey
Purely Joyful Movie!
Comwayon
A Disappointing Continuation
merrywood
We humans come in so many different mind-sets that, astonishingly, a film like this tedious, annoyingly mundane and meaningless churning can actually have value to some.For me it was a time for slapping my face to stay awake, looking for gummed tape to hold up my eyelids. But then, there was such a marvelous pay-off, again, not for all of us but for those with iron clad stomachs. What was it? The boring protagonist discovers that all his children are really the offspring of his wife's long time sexual relationship with her brother. Indeed, he walks in on them slapping loins, at some point.One looks for meaning in all forms of literature only to find that, perhaps, life might very well be devoid of meaning. Maybe that is what those given to this drivel have objectified.
evanston_dad
A fascinating and psychologically suffocating film based on a novella by A.S. Byatt.A doomed love affair and some serious family dysfunction provide the content for the story, and director Philip Haas ratchets up the sense of something rotting at the film's center to a high degree.Though all of the acting is fine, what I remember most about this film are the costumes, all designed to evoke insect imagery. The film deservedly won an Academy Award nomination for its costume design, and should have won, but the Academy decided to recognize "The English Patient's" assortment of Banana Republic outfits instead.Grade: B+
StephanieGould
I had to watch this film for a class about Mid-Victorian Britain...with my professors and my class...and I was shocked at the story; Not just how awful the acting was, but that the script was actually bought and given a green light for production. The costumes were stylized and the design was nominated for an Oscar...how that was possible, I don't even know. The only thing redeemable about the film is Kristen Scott Thomas. Mark Rylance and Patsy Kensit give two of the worst performances I have ever seen in my entire life. Rylance's pitch and tone of voice never changes and Kensit was overly dramatic to the point of being comical. I would only see this movie if you want to laugh. But even at that, you're going to be wasting money...even energy by renting this movie. Stay away...
jonnybrett
This story was worse than pathetic. This movie ranks up there with the most boring, meaningless, waste-of-time movies that I have seen. The only reason that I actually suffered and watched the entire movie was because it was categorized as a "mystery". Believing indeed, that it was a mystery, I figured there would eventually be some sort of revolution that would surprise me. This never happened. This movie is far from being mysterious, as it is extremely simple, plain, dull, boring, uneventful, and flat out the biggest waste of 2 hours that one could endure. The only people that I could possibly recommend this movie to is those that enjoy incest, which is no one that I am associated with. I only wish that I had taken the advice of so many here. 1 out of 10
