An average movie

Nowadays, we don't hear much from Keira Knightley but it seems that she keeps showing up now and then in costume dramas like this one. To be honest, I have to admit that I didn't even know that the movie was based on actual events before watching the damned thing but I don’t think it mattered really much. Anyway, basically, it was a very well made costume drama with some decent directing, some solid acting by a nice cast (Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley Atwell) with some exquisite costumes and set-dressing. Unfortunately, like most costume dramas, even though the plot was not bad at all, as usual, I didn't care much about the ordeal of these spoiled nobles. I mean, outside their castles, there was also the common people dying of hunger so why should we feel sorry for them ? Only because they got stuck in some bad marriage? Furthermore, at some point, I also had the feeling that the whole thing was slowly turning into a soap which didn't help much either. Anyway, even though it didn’t really blow me away, it was still a decent watch and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.