Review of Margaret's Museum

The movie certainly has its charms. Particularily, its Cape Breton scenery and a winming performance by Bonham-Carter, who invests her character with a mix of romanticism and harshness. Clive Russell is equally good as the man who woos her and somehow manages to thaw her heart towards love. The story of their relationship, and of the lives that intertwine with thiers unfolds gently, nearly putting us off guard as to the tragedy that lies ahead. When it finally comes I was left trying to decide whether it was the ending I wanted, or whether the film could have taken us to a more satisfying conclusion, and spared us its gruesome twist. In any case, it seemed to.make the film less enjoyable for me.