My reasons for seeing this film were as follows: I quite like period dramas, it was an adaptation of a classic book, it had a good cast, it looked well-made in the trailer. I was hopeful of maybe even seeing a film of the quality of The Duchess or Dangerous Liaisons.
Well how wrong could I have been? Myself and my friend both looked at each other when the film ended and said what a load of rubbish it was!
Whilst most of the cast were very good (especially Philip Glenister and Kristin Scott Thomas), Robert Pattinson spoilt all of their efforts. Not only was his acting awful and unconvincing, he looked completely unappealing, which I'm sure was not the intention as he was playing a man who is irresistible to women. I was also left totally confused as to what his character was about; one minute he seemed to be a uneducated loser, the next a calculating swine. Also, I'm never sure what he actually did to elevate himself from abject poverty to high level politics except sleep with everybody's wives.
All in all then a confusing and badly-made mess. One to maybe have a go at on TV rather than see at the cinema.
Well how wrong could I have been? Myself and my friend both looked at each other when the film ended and said what a load of rubbish it was!
Whilst most of the cast were very good (especially Philip Glenister and Kristin Scott Thomas), Robert Pattinson spoilt all of their efforts. Not only was his acting awful and unconvincing, he looked completely unappealing, which I'm sure was not the intention as he was playing a man who is irresistible to women. I was also left totally confused as to what his character was about; one minute he seemed to be a uneducated loser, the next a calculating swine. Also, I'm never sure what he actually did to elevate himself from abject poverty to high level politics except sleep with everybody's wives.
All in all then a confusing and badly-made mess. One to maybe have a go at on TV rather than see at the cinema.