NekoHomey
Purely Joyful Movie!
Seraherrera
The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity
Kaydan Christian
A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Prismark10
An adaptation of Jessie Burton's novel. The Miniaturist tells the story of Petronella Oortman (Anya Taylor-Joy) an 18 year old woman married off to a wealthy sugar merchant, Johannes Brandt (Alex Hassell.)She has moved from the provinces to the thriving city of Amsterdam and living in her husband's household run by her initially severe sister in law Marin (Romola Garai) which has two servants.The house seems to contain secrets, her husband is rather reluctant to be with her but he does give her a dollhouse as a wedding gift. Petronella furnishes the doll house with miniature replicas that arrive as gifts. The miniaturist making the dolls may have a second sight as her real life replicas seems to betray what is being remain hidden in the household or maybe she has just observed what was there all along in plain sight.Petronella tries to adapt to her new life, but she is doing so without her husband's love yet he is pleasant to her.The series was gloomily lit to reflect Nella' mood. The photography and art direction are inspired by a Vermeer or Rembrandt painting. The series was unsure whether it was a supernatural drama with shades of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca or a story of a young woman being defiant as the household's dark secrets unfold but it did feel unsatisfying.
chinesexiaomin
I agree with the reviewer below who said that the miniaturist served nothing. If the core of everything is the miniaturist (not the miniatures !), the film could be titled as "the miniaturist"; while the core of the film is the girl Nella! Why isn't it called "Nella and her myserious miniatures" or something like that? I've never read the book, so I'm not saying about the book; Watching the film. when I first saw Nella (who seemed quite center-character like) I thought SHE was the miniaturist (because the title is The Miniaturist) but then oh no the miniaturist is just a mysterious girl served nothing.
On the other hand, Nella is strong and not religion-baffled like Marin(though she is sort of a feminist too). The characters are charming, though Johannes is really dumb-like (while Frans is played rather convincingly here).
captainspaceship
Brilliant tale, acting, direction and design. So the BBC can still do it after all!
johnatrott
Two episodes does not a series make!
But it was still one episode too many, Ninety minutes total would have been ample for this dismal, depressing and depraved little tale. It's one thing to build tension, gradually, towards a satisfying climax, quite another to bore the pants off a TV audience with virtually no climax as one's reward.
I am sorry but this was a miserable waste of BBC money and my time. The extent of that wastage is probably the most notable facet of this work, although the miniatures were exquisite
