A competently handled piece of entertaining fluff, but little more. Everything looks incredible, with the lightness and clarity of a Canaletto, and Beavan brings her usual eye for detail to the costume design. The script is full of mistaken identities, secret aliases, crude innuendo and romantic misunderstandings all the finest clichés, in fact, of period comedy. The actors do well in roles that expect little from them, with Ledger successfully playing Casanova against expectations, but Platt and Irons stand out, at times stealing the whole show.
An attractive, if forgettable movie, that will be of interest more to fans of the 18th century than fans of fine films.
An attractive, if forgettable movie, that will be of interest more to fans of the 18th century than fans of fine films.