I guess I'm having a hard time believing that this is the first post for this film (positive or negative).
I mean, a movie that ends with the bad guy drowning in quicksand in a very Victorian manner cant be all bad. :)
A fair amount of it is very cliched. A fair number of the lines sound either like someone who doesn't know how to write dialog or like someone trying to parody this sort of melodrama, i.e. are accidentally funny.
Amid the weak or slow parts there's a fair amount of adventure, a degree of humor and even some flamenco dancing. So it's okay.
The "party" that the cad gives his wife was unexpected and sort of weird. You'd think he wouldn't want to invite over a bunch of people who would get drunk and trash/rob his place.
Some of the British English is particularly difficult and even though I watch a lot of this kind of stuff I was yearning for subtitles.
I think most of the reviews and comments are from people too cynical to 'get' the film. I recently saw it at the BFI Southbank in London with a packed audience, who laughed throughout, and were gripped by the action. I think, for what it was, escapist melodrama, it holds up fairly well.
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Skating and sinning...
I think most of the reviews and comments are from people too cynical to 'get' the film. I recently saw it at the BFI Southbank in London with a packed audience, who laughed throughout, and were gripped by the action. I think, for what it was, escapist melodrama, it holds up fairly well.