I was ready to sit down to a slower-paced character driven movie and that is, more or less , what was delivered.
The film goes on for about an hour with two main characters. Then, suddenly, a bunch more characters are added, including a young married couple in which the husband is a closeted gay man. Then we learn the wife, who starts chasing after the cousin of the lead protagonist lost her father to drowning. And her father had some other tragic ailment too. Then an RAF pilot in training tragically crashes in the river that goes right by the property and the cousin takes his gilly weed and dives in but the pilot is dead. And as the ancient artifact is dug up, the lead protagonist named Edith tragically comes down with a fatal case of acid reflux.
Then they all get together for a party at the penultimate end.
Then WWII breaks out at the final end.
Great performances with a script that plays loose with the facts. As if facts matter in current year. And yet, that was the whole point of Ralph Feinnes digging stuff up, so people could know their past and where they came from.
If you like slow-paced character driven stories and don't mind being lied to, this movie may be for you.
The film goes on for about an hour with two main characters. Then, suddenly, a bunch more characters are added, including a young married couple in which the husband is a closeted gay man. Then we learn the wife, who starts chasing after the cousin of the lead protagonist lost her father to drowning. And her father had some other tragic ailment too. Then an RAF pilot in training tragically crashes in the river that goes right by the property and the cousin takes his gilly weed and dives in but the pilot is dead. And as the ancient artifact is dug up, the lead protagonist named Edith tragically comes down with a fatal case of acid reflux.
Then they all get together for a party at the penultimate end.
Then WWII breaks out at the final end.
Great performances with a script that plays loose with the facts. As if facts matter in current year. And yet, that was the whole point of Ralph Feinnes digging stuff up, so people could know their past and where they came from.
If you like slow-paced character driven stories and don't mind being lied to, this movie may be for you.