petitchatnoir
Joined Dec 2005
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Not a full review. Really stellar performances by all the actors. The storyline requires some leaps to break believable but overall takes us on a very pleasant journey, accompanying the characters as they discover what's next. Shia LeBoeuf was largely unknown to me before this film but he was elegant in every frame, true to his character and quite unselfconscious. Daktota Johnson's character was likewise believable and empathetic, albeit somewhat underdeveloped. Zack Gottsagan was spot on, a young man with a vision of a life for himself and unwilling to have that dictated by those who think they know what is best for him or easiest for themselves. Thoroughly enjoyable.
The willingness of the subjects to be open and vulnerable, including the filmmaker and her family, was impressive. Wonderful, provocative images, and narrative from multiple perspectives.
Fellowes' work on other projects, such as Gosford Park, Dr. Thorne, and Downton, gave me high hopes for this. The cast is outstanding, and the production appears lavish. Sadly, those fine parts cannot compensate for the characters' modern behaviors.
It's hard to believe that Trenchard, a merchant who had made his wealth and reputation by supplying the army, would have brooked interruption of a business transaction by his daughter, let alone welcoming her into the room and dismissing the officer. It's stretching a point to think Sophia would have been so outspoken in opposing her mother on point of classism of which she must have been aware. The character of Mrs. Trenchard appears to have greater sensibility so it seems incongruous for her speak to Lord Bellasis about his relationship with her daughter in so transparent a way. And that the Duke of Wellington would invite the provisioner into a confidential meeting with his top officers, and take time at the end of that meeting, while he has a thousand pressing concerns, to tell Trenchard to "use your talents well when the wars are done" just beggars belief.
It feels as if it's designed for an audience desirous of seeing themselves on screen in historical costumes, rather than their predecessors, with their different manners and morés, aspects it was hoped Fellowes would have more faithfully represented.
It's hard to believe that Trenchard, a merchant who had made his wealth and reputation by supplying the army, would have brooked interruption of a business transaction by his daughter, let alone welcoming her into the room and dismissing the officer. It's stretching a point to think Sophia would have been so outspoken in opposing her mother on point of classism of which she must have been aware. The character of Mrs. Trenchard appears to have greater sensibility so it seems incongruous for her speak to Lord Bellasis about his relationship with her daughter in so transparent a way. And that the Duke of Wellington would invite the provisioner into a confidential meeting with his top officers, and take time at the end of that meeting, while he has a thousand pressing concerns, to tell Trenchard to "use your talents well when the wars are done" just beggars belief.
It feels as if it's designed for an audience desirous of seeing themselves on screen in historical costumes, rather than their predecessors, with their different manners and morés, aspects it was hoped Fellowes would have more faithfully represented.