A very good movie

To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of costumes dramas. Indeed, even though they can be entertaining, I always have a hard time to care about all those white rich people whining about they so-called difficult life. I mean, when they are complaining about the fact that they can’t marry the woman/man/dog/whatever they love, most of the common folks were starving and working for hours to make sure the privileged one could sustain their life style. Still, I have to admit, some movies in this genre are really good and this flick is one fine example. Not surprisingly, it was directed by James Ivory, the grand-master of the genre. Apparently, he seems to be more or less retired nowadays but back then, he was at the top of his game. Indeed, the story was for once intriguing and the directing by Ivory was just really solid just as usual. Eventually, the main attraction was to see Helena Bonham Carter and Daniel Day-Lewis in their breakthrough performances. Above all, I was once again really impressed by Day-Lewis. Indeed, if you are familiar with his work, you’ll notice that what he has created here (a repressed, snobbish Edwardian upperclassman) was really different than his other characters but it was still completely convincing and just impressive to behold. To conclude, even though I don’t really care about this genre, I actually liked this movie a lot and it is definitely worth a look.

8/10