Indeed the costumes and the cinematography are impecable. However, the philosophically intricate script does not justify its misplaced position within the film itself, since it is hardly introduced with a purpose in the production. Although the characters are divided into cinematic sections, they lack aesthetics or the palette of uniqueness, they are rather flat, annihilating the beautiful decorum and the atemporal feeling that would have made a great film otherwise. Furthermore, the script offers philosophical ideas at its core, yet in what seems to be a copy-paste process of the initial Russian work, which fails to bring in originality. It is a good example in analysing the parallel between the director's intention and the cinematic result. Is the film tense or is it just so redundant that it creates the illusion of tension?
Review of Manor House
