I think that Clair Danes, who I happen to adore, was wrong for this part. Crudup does not appeal to me. Love Rupert Everett but he had too little to do. Disappointed!!!
The problem with this film for me is that I understood the entire plot in the first 10 minutes and from then on watched impatiently as it worked its way--slowly, way too slowly--toward a finale that I thought would never arrive.
I think it too bad that the importance of Samuel Pepys in English literature was not explained well at all. He seems to merely be a scribbler and no one quite understands what he is doing in the story. After all, kids don't read much these days, let alone Pepys, and I would have appreciated it if they had stressed who he was and what a great writer he was.
The problem with this film for me is that I understood the entire plot in the first 10 minutes and from then on watched impatiently as it worked its way--slowly, way too slowly--toward a finale that I thought would never arrive.
I think it too bad that the importance of Samuel Pepys in English literature was not explained well at all. He seems to merely be a scribbler and no one quite understands what he is doing in the story. After all, kids don't read much these days, let alone Pepys, and I would have appreciated it if they had stressed who he was and what a great writer he was.