Based on the Daphne DuMaurier novel, this concerns Sam Clafin, who was raised by his misogynistic cousin. The cousin falls ill and is shipped off to sunny Italy to recover. Imagine Sam's surprise when he writes about how he has fallen in love and married! Further letters take a darker, paranoid turn, and when he goes to Italy to investigate, his cousin is dead and the widow has disappeared. Sam returns to England to resume the life he has envisioned, when up pops Rachel Weisz, who quickly charms the dogs and then him. He gives her everything, then develops his own dark suspicions about the tisanes she gives him to drink.
After a while in the dark, I developed the feeling that the movie would be admirable, if only it showed any sign of getting on with it. Set during the Regency, it offers beautiful clothes and country scenery, and a typically fine performance by Miss Weisz. After the first eight months of sitting in the theater, I noticed its slow pace. After a year or two it ended. Imagine my surprise when I got out and discovered that through some time-warp effect, it was only a couple of hours!
After a while in the dark, I developed the feeling that the movie would be admirable, if only it showed any sign of getting on with it. Set during the Regency, it offers beautiful clothes and country scenery, and a typically fine performance by Miss Weisz. After the first eight months of sitting in the theater, I noticed its slow pace. After a year or two it ended. Imagine my surprise when I got out and discovered that through some time-warp effect, it was only a couple of hours!