Not even in the realm of art that Topsy Turvy is, but still... this is a pretty well made film. The art direction, the music direction, the pace, the fun... it's really good. Biopics are such an inherently difficult (flawed?) subgenre of film, but this movie seems to navigate the "and then this happened... and then this happened... and then this happened" pretty well. Thankfully there was plenty of drama between Gilbert and Sullivan to use in constructing various conflicts/resolutions, so none of the events seem overplayed "for dramatic effect" as they say. No, all that stuff happened, and Gilbert was just as anal as he's portrayed. Absolute genius, yes, but also absolute curmudgeon, haha.
Review of Gilbert and Sullivan
