A good movie

I remember it quite well, when it was released,  there was a pretty good buzz about this movie which was the main reason why I eventually checked it out. Basically,  it was a pretty good mix between a comedy and a historical periode drama. Obviously,  this movie would be mostly remembered for the  great performance delivered by the late Nigel Hawthorne. Eventually, the guy would receive a well deserved Academy Award nomination for his fine work. Back then, Hawthorne was above all famous for his theater career and event though he had apparently a productive TV career, it was only with this movie that he finally managed to have his breakthrough with the mainstream audience. Coming back to our main feature, even though it was well made and fairly entertaining,  it was still missing something to become truly amazing. I don’t know, maybe,  it had to do with the fact that,  even though it was an intriguing story, it was all rather predictable and I'm not sure I really cared about the characters and what they were going through. To conclude, even though I don't think it is really a masterpiece, it was still a really solid periode piece and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.