This is a wonderful film. That's it. There is nothing else to be said. Really. It's gentle, charming, witty and just about perfect in every way. (Ok, if you are a hard-core slasher / zombie movie fan you aren't going to like it - but anyone into grown up movies will be charmed.)
The script is light and flawless, there isn't a wasted shot, and Guinness is superb. After a few minutes I had forgotten it was Alec Guinness on the screen and was hooked. I especially loved the way Guinness couldn't dance at his first lesson - a wonderful piece of physical acting - and I was genuinely squirming with apprehension as the gauche young solicitor's clerk marched through the ballroom to ask the Countess of Chell for a dance.
A beautiful gem of a film.
The script is light and flawless, there isn't a wasted shot, and Guinness is superb. After a few minutes I had forgotten it was Alec Guinness on the screen and was hooked. I especially loved the way Guinness couldn't dance at his first lesson - a wonderful piece of physical acting - and I was genuinely squirming with apprehension as the gauche young solicitor's clerk marched through the ballroom to ask the Countess of Chell for a dance.
A beautiful gem of a film.