Fairytales meet reality in this 1930s romance set in stunning scenery and with sumptuous period costumes to match. Two teenage girls struggle with their developing feelings whilst reduced to poverty in an old castle with their father, a famous writer-philosopher who has not published anything in twelve years. Two American lads enter their confined world and stir up confusing feelings of love, lust and a desire to escape their financial dilemma. There is nothing very 'deep' in this movie, apart from vague references as to whether it is ever acceptable to marry for money, but it is a delightfully executed love story, enriched with the two girls' elaborate fantasies, self-analysis, and stuff that dreams are made of. It largely avoids the triteness of modern romantic comedies and all but the weariest cynic will easily enjoy the delicate combination of post-Victorian manners and wooing that weave a captivating spell in an unfolding tale of visual beauty.
Review of I Capture the Castle
