The acting is of the highest quality and the story itself is a fascinating real life tale. However it is severely let down by its tonal shifts between Jane Eyre like period type drama and Emmanuelle type soft corn pornography sex scenes. The strangest thing with all that is how much it drags and ponders.
As a depiction of love in its true form, lust and the erosion of a devoted love, it's on the money. Keira Knightley and Dominic West are fantastic
So it's a damn shame that it's tone shifts so uncomfortably
As a depiction of love in its true form, lust and the erosion of a devoted love, it's on the money. Keira Knightley and Dominic West are fantastic
So it's a damn shame that it's tone shifts so uncomfortably