Review: Jane Eyre (2011)

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Ah, Netflix. What would I do without you? I was a bit curious about the "new" version of Jane Eyre for some time, but I didn't really want to go out and buy it or rent it. For one thing, Jane Eyre isn't my favorite story, and plus the PG-13 rating put me off (mostly because I thought, "What on earth could they put in there for a PG-13 rating?", but more on that later). I hadn't heard great things about this adaptation, but I hadn't heard anything really bad either (in other words, I hadn't heard of people absolutely raving about it, but I didn't hear much of anything bad either). With this being my fourth version of Jane Eyre that I've seen all the way through and having read the book years ago, I'm fairly familiar with the story line and did have some preconceived notions on how the story should pan out. That being said, here is my review of it.

Synopsis

After nearly collapsing, Jane Eyre (assuming the name Jane Elliot) is taken in by the Rivers family and nursed back to health. As the Rivers family learns about her harsh childhood and education at Lowood School, Jane reflects on her time at Thornfield Hall,how she fell in love with its owner, Mr. Rochester, and how she came into the care of the River family.

Review: Austenland (2013)

Is Austenland strictly a period drama? No: it takes place in today's time. But is it like a modern movie like we've all seen before? Not quite: there's a lot of dress up and talk about Regency times. Austenland is in a weird state of limbo: not quite a period drama, but not modern enough for a regular movie. So why am I reviewing it? Well, it does have a lot to do with Jane Austen and Regency times even though it doesn't take place in the Regency Era.

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Synopsis
Jane Hayes, a single, thirty-something American woman who is obsessed with Pride and Prejudice, spends all her savings to take a trip to Austenland, a resort devoted to Jane Austen and the Regency era to find the perfect Regency gentleman. Becoming Miss Jane Erstwhile, an orphan of no fortune (due to the bronze package she purchased), Jane begins to butt heads with Mr. Henry Nobley, an arrogant man of good fortune, befriends Miss Elizabeth Charming (another American at the resort), and falls in love with groundskeeper Martin. Throughout her trip, Jane realizes that life in Regency England isn't all that she hoped it was.

Review: The Monuments Men (2014)

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So, I'm doing reviews on and off lately. School has gotten pretty hectic lately, so there are some weeks where I don't have much time to watch/write anything, so just bear with me for a little while. But this week, I do have a review for you all.

A week or so ago, my parents and I got to see The Monuments Men, which is about how the Nazis stole precious art from various places around Europe. It seemed interesting and since we all like history and were looking for something to do over the weekend, my parents and I went to see it. I was surprised to see that Bill Murray was in this movie, considering he tends to do comedic roles, but I also saw that Hugh Bonneville was in this movie as well, so I looked forward to his acting.

Synopsis
Set towards the end of WWII, The Monuments Men follows a group of civilian men that accompanies the Allied forces to Europe. Their mission: to recover pieces of art that have been stolen by the Nazis to fill Hitler's intended Fuehrer Museum. Their goal is to preserve the culture and history that has been built up in Europe over centuries from destruction from the war and to collect the pieces and return them to their rightful owners before the Nazi destroy them.

Review: The Christmas Candle (2013)

Woo! I'm finally back to reviewing! I'm sorry for this (many) months hiatus. Hopefully now, I'll be back to doing reviews more consistently. I have plenty of period dramas that I want to watch, so this will hopefully be the first in a long line of new reviews.

But anyways. I've heard a lot about The Christmas Candle lately, it being the Christmas season and all. I had heard that people seeing the movie (not the critics, however) liked the movie, that the costumes were good, and that it was an overall good, Christian movie. My parents and I went to see it in a theater that was playing it (which which had to do a little bit of driving to since it was only released in selected theaters) and we all watched it together one Sunday afternoon, which happened to be the first day of Advent.

Synopsis

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When Gladbury's minister dies, Lady Camdon of Gladbury invites and persuades a young minister, David Richmond, to fill the position. Upon arriving in Gladbury, David learns of the Christmas Candle story: every twenty-five years, an angel blesses one candle (The Christmas Candle) which is given to one person who is granted a miracle. When David arrives and tries to modernize the town of Gladbury and disprove the story of the Christmas Candle, much to the chagrin of the townspeople, the Christmas Candle goes missing.

Review: Mansfield Park (2007)

I finally got to watch a version of Mansfield Park! I had intended to watch a version of it after I finished reading it, but since my progress through the book was slow and required me to start over again due to a busy schedule, I watched it without finishing the book. However, I did read enough of the book to get a good sense of what the book is like. I heard a lot about this adaptation: I had heard that it wasn't a good version of Mansfield Park, but that it wasn't as bad as the infamous 1999 version (which I don't really intend to watch). Eventually I will watch the 1983 version of Mansfield Park in its entirety, but for now, here is the 2007 version.

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Synopsis
Meek and timid Fanny Price, the eldest daughter in her family, is taken in by her uncle Sir Thomas Bertram (a baronet) and his wife Lady Bertram to be raised alongside their children Tom, Edmund, Maria, and Julia since the age of ten. Though Fanny is brought up along with her cousins, she constantly reminded that she is inferior to her cousins due to her low birth. The only one that Fanny becomes close to is Edmund, who she falls in love with quickly. However the arrival of Henry and Mary Crawford creates an upheaval in the lives of the Bertrams and Fanny.

Review: Somewhere in Time

First of all, let me apologize for my severe lack of posting as of late. Summer started out a bit busy (not what I expected) and to top it all off, I have had some computer troubles as of late (don't worry, I've got it up and running, but I'm going to need to work on it little by little to get to where it once was). So, in short, I'm still here: I've  just been quiet as of late.

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But anyways: onto Somewhere in Time.

My mom actually owns this movie on DVD, but when I actually watched it I ended up watching it on TV (and again lately rewatching it on Netflix to review it). My mom has always liked this movie (she even owns a replica picture of the character Elise McKenna that is featured in this movie), but for some reason, I didn't watch it until recently. So now that I have, here is my review of it.

Synopsis
Playwright Richard Collier becomes obsessed with a picture of an early 20th century actress named Elise McKenna while staying at the Grand Hotel. After doing research on Elise, Richard falls in love with her and takes it upon himself to travel back to 1912 to meet Elise and for her to fall in love with him.

Review: The Mill on the Floss (1997)

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And now I'm back to reviewing! And for my returning review: The Mill on the Floss. I had seen the 1978 miniseries of it a long time ago, but wasn't very impressed with it. Due to the sad ending, I couldn't really bring my self to like it all that much. I still wanted to see the newer version to see how it would compare, but I didn't have any great expectations for it. But I watched it and I think I did enjoy it at times.

Synopsis
Taken from my review of The Mill on the Floss (1978)
Mill on the Floss follows the story of Maggie and Tom Tulliver, two siblings who live at a mill by a river. When their father, Mr. Tulliver, loses the mill to Mr. Wakem, a lawyer, he suffers a stoke. Mr. Tulliver stays at the mill as Mr. Waken's manager until his death, though he despises working for Mr. Wakem. Meanwhile, Maggie grows fond of Phillip Waken, Mr. Wakem's hunchbacked son.

Review: Nicholas Nickleby (2002)

This was a movie that was on my list of movies to watch for a quite some time. And after answering the February Tag of the Period Drama Challenge, I felt like I need to watch more Dickens period dramas. Luckily, after they took it down, Netflix's Instant Streaming put Nicholas Nickleby back up again and I was able to watch this without having to buy the movie. So, here's another movie to add to my list of Dickens movies I have seen!

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Synopsis

Nicholas Nickleby, at age nineteen, has become the head of his family after his father dies. In order to provide for his widowed mother and his sister, Kate, Nicholas pleas with his selfish uncle, Ralph Nickleby, to help them. However, Ralph Nickleby sends Nicholas away to work as a teacher at Dotheboys Hall (a dirty school where the students are mistreated) and though he sets Kate up with a job at a dressmaker, he uses her to get business men to go into business with him.

Review: Shakespeare in Love (1999)

I never had any intention of watching this movie. Never. I had heard that it was not a true story to Shakespeare's life, so why would I bother watching it? Plus, I heard about some content issues with this movie (and, believe me, there are a lot). But, for my Introduction to Shakespeare class, we watched it (though I'm still puzzled why we watched it in the first place since it's not a true story), so I figured I'd review it for Elegance of Fashion, even for a simple warning than anything else. So, right off the bat, I want to say this is not a movie for families. There are a lot of mature scenes (some graphic). And, honestly, you're not missing much by choosing not to watch this movie. But, here we go on with the review...

Synopsis

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Will Shakespeare is struggling with writer's block while trying to write a comedy called "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter" for his struggling acting company. When he rewrites the play as a tragedy and calls it "Romeo and Juliet", he holds auditions for the part of Romeo and casts a boy named Thomas Kent for the role since he really understands the part of Romeo. However, Thomas turns out to be Viola De Lesseps, a young woman who is engaged to Lord Wessex through a business deal with her parents, but still wants to act in secret. Will meets Viola at a party one evening (not knowing that she is Thomas Kent) and falls in love with her, while she, in turn as Thomas, pretends to be her cousin to deliver messages back and forth from Will to herself. Soon, Will discovers Thomas Kent's true identity and the two fall in love.

Review: The Duchess (2008)

It seems that in the past year, I've seen a lot of movies that take place in the Georgian era, which is great since I had seen very little movies from that era before and I do so love the fashion of that era! Between Amazing Grace, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Mozart's Sister, The Kent Chronicles, Poldark, and now The Duchess, I finally have seen a number of films from one of my favorite fashion eras. We've actually owned The Duchess for a while now (my mom bought it at a low price on Amazon), but it was only recently that I got to watch it. I have seen pictures of it previously and thought the costuming looked good, but I did hear that there was some content with this movie. Off the bat, I want to warn you that this movie is not for children and that it has some mature scenes/themes (my review, on the other hand, doesn't get graphic as to the content), so if you do decided to watch this movie, just be ready to fast-forward.

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Synopsis
Based on historical events, The Duchess tells the story of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and her marriage to William Cavendish, the Duke of Devonshire. At the age of seventeen, Georgiana marries the duke with hopes of a happy life with him, however she soon learns that the duke does not care for her and only wanted a male heir to inherit his title. Though she was in an unhappy marriage, she was loved by the people for her fashion sense. She was frequently involved in politics and helped a young politician by the name of Charles Grey, who she grows very fond of.

Reader Question #11: My Favorite Non-Period Drama Films

Finally, I'm restarting Reader Questions! I've felt bad about slacking off on Reader Questions, but I'm glad that I can finally restart them again! Make sure that if you think of a question that you comment it in somewhere; I try to answer all of them, but if I can't come up with a good-sized post about it, I'll comment back with my short answer.

This question (and a bunch of others!) comes from Charity from Austenitis. Charity asks:

I have to ask...what non-period-drama films are your favorites?

Review: Poldark (1996)

I know, I know... I have said that I had no intention of watching this version of Poldark. After all, though it was planned to bring back Robin Ellis and Angharad Rees as Ross and Demelza Poldark, the film makers ended up recasting the roles to different actors! How could they! This sparked outrage in the Poldark fan base so much that actual protests were staged with the protesters wearing Georgian fashions. But my mom bought a Victorian movie collection that this Poldark was in (and from what I understand, the other movies were decent), so after we finished re-watching Series 2 of the original Poldark series, we watched this movie, though I didn't have any great hopes for it.

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Synopsis
Based off the eighth book in the Poldark Series, The Stranger From the Sea, Poldark (1996) tries to continue the Poldark TV series started in the mid-70s. The year is 1810, ten years after the original Poldark series ended. Jeremy Poldark, the son of Captain Ross Poldark and his wife, Demelza, find a strange man at a ship wreckage and rescue him while Ross is working in Parliament in London. As the man, Stephen Cravenson, recovers, him and the Poldark's older daughter, Clowance, fall in love, though Demelza senses that there is more to Mr. Cravenson's story than he is telling them.

Review: A Christmas Carol (1999)

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And just in time for Christmas! For a special Christmas review, I present you with a review of another version of A Christmas Carol. If you remember, I reviewed in June of 2011 the 2009 movie starring Jim Carrey and gave it a bad review (let's face it, not even Colin Firth could save that movie). But this time (and for Christmas, not in the middle of June like last time), I'm reviewing a version of A Christmas Carol that I could expect more out of: the 1999 version starring Patrick Stewart. I had seen parts of this version, but not the whole thing until last week. So now that I've seen it, I can review it!

Synopsis
Taken from my review of A Christmas Carol (2009)
It's Christmas time and everyone is in a great mood except for Ebenezer Scrooge, a stingy old man who does not like Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner who announces that Scrooge will be visited by three more ghosts.

Review: The Kent Chronicles - Part 3 (1979)

And so we come to the final part of The Kent Chronicles. Well, it was fun watching it, but now I'm done with all three movies in this movie series. But how did Part 3 fare? Did the series end on a high note or did it disappoint? Well, read on and find out!

Note: This review will contain spoilers from Part 1 and Part 2 without any warning (Part 3 spoilers there will be a warning). If you do not want to spoil Part 1 or 2, do not read this review. Read Part 1 and Part 2 Reviews

Synopsis
Phillip Kent, owner of a successful printing shop, now married to Peggy McLean, and has two sons and an adopted daughter, is settled in Boston with his family. Abraham Kent, Phillip's eldest son, falls in love with Elizabeth Fletcher, his stepsister, and they get married and move out west.

Review: The Remains of the Day

In one of my classes for a couple of days, we watched this movie (and I am far from objecting to watching movies in class, especially if they're period dramas). So I hadn't known too much about this movie other than Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins were in there. And since it takes place before the 1950s, I decided I would review it and still call it period (my cut off for period dramas is the 1950s, but I'm thinking of expanding it to 1959. Thoughts?). So, here we go.

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Synopsis
Mr. James Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall located in Oxfordshire, has been the butler to previous owner Lord Darlington, but after Lord Darlington died, an American congressman, Mr. Lewis, buys Darlington Hall and becomes Mr. Stevens's new boss. Mr. Stevens receives a letter from his former housekeeper, Miss Kenton (now Mrs. Benn) who reveals that her and her husband have separated and that she may be interested in returning to Darlington Hall.

The film flashes back and forth between post WWII England to pre-WWII England when Miss Kenton arrived at Darlington Hall and worked there for a couple of years before marrying Mr. Benn.

Review: The Kent Chronicles -- Part 2 (1979)

Remember when I reviewed The Kent Chronicles: Part 1? Well, my mom and I continued our way through The Kent Chronicles with the second part!

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Note: This review will contain spoilers from Part 1 without any warning (For Part 2 spoilers there will be a warning). If you do not want to spoil Part 1, do not read this review. If you would like to read the review for Part 1, click here!

Synopsis
During the events leading up to the Revolutionary War, Phillip Kent is happily married to Anne Ware, who is expected to give birth to a son soon, and is helping the colonies to work for independence. Meanwhile, after fighting in a duel to defend his honor, Judson Fletcher flees from the south to Boston and ends up joining the militia to fight for independence. There he meets Eph Tait, a poor man who taught himself medicine, and Phillip Kent.

Review: From Time to Time (2009)

Oh, Netflix, how good you are to us! I found this movie on Netflix, which I had heard of before. I told my mom about it and how it had Maggie Smith in it. I also recognized that Julian Fellowes, who created Downton Abbey, was the screenplay writer and director. My mom and I sat down to watch it one evening not knowing anything about it other than what Netflix said. Also, after watching the movie, I found out that it was a based on a book called The Chimneys of Green Knowe in a series of books called Green Knowe.

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Synopsis
Towards the end of WWII, Tolly, a young boy whose father is missing in action, is sent to stay at his grandmother's estate of Green Knowe. Tolly originally doesn't like his grandmother, Mrs. Oldknow, since she disapproved of his mother. When Mrs. Oldknow begins to tell Tolly the story of Maria Oldknow, an ancestor from the early Regency era who had her jewels stolen, Tolly begins to encounter the ghosts who lived at Green Knowe at that time.

The story shifts back and fourth from 1944 to 1805. In 1805, Captain Oldknow, Maria Oldknow's husband returning from sea, arrives with a little boy named Jacob who he rescued from slavery and brought with him to Green Knowe as companion for Susan, his blind daughter. Susan and Jacob become very close friends, much to the chagrin of Sefton, Captain Oldknow's eldest son, who mistreats Jacob and wants him out of the house.

Review: Mozart's Sister (2010)

I heard about this a while ago and thought the costumes looked great. But then I saw that it was in French, so I assumed that I'd never get a chance to see it. But then, thanks to Netflix, I saw that this movie was available on Instant Streaming. So, I decided to sit down and watch this one day.

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Synopsis
Maria-Anna Mozart (also known as Nannerl) at age 14 is traveling with her family across Europe performing with her younger brother, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who is about 10. Leopold Mozart, Nannerl's father, forbids her from composing her own music and from playing the violin and restricts her to playing the harpsichord.

Review: The Count of Monte Cristo

My mom and I happened to find this on TV one Saturday. We didn't know much about the Count of Monte Cristo except what we knew from watching an episode of Wishbone, the popular children's show from the 90s. And from further reading of the plot line of the original book, this movie varies greatly from the story, especially towards the end. But since we didn't know much about the original plot, we still enjoyed the movie for what it was. Here is the review.

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Synopsis
Edmond Dantes, a sailor, has returned to his home in Marseilles. With his captain dead and because of seeking help for his dying captain on Elba, Edmond is appointed the new captain of his ship, which would allow him to marry his fiancee, Mercedes. His friend, Fernand, becomes jealous of him because he is in love with Mercedes. Fernand, when Edmond was getting help for his captain, saw Napoleon give Edmond a letter on Elba and after reading the letter saw that it was a conspiracy letter. Fernand uses this information to have Edmond arrested.


Characters
There was only one actor that I recognized in this movie: Guy Pearce (Fernand) was also in The King's Speech as King Edward VIII. Other than that, there weren't any familiar faces to me. However, Jim Caviezel (Edmond Dantes) was also in The Passion of the Christ as Jesus Christ (I haven't seen it due to the graphic nature of it, but I've heard it was good).

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One of the things that my mom noticed (and I also noticed) was that there was a good portion of the movie devoted to Edmond's prison time. The conditions of the prison are not very clean and as a prisoner, Edmond is not treated well. These scenes can be a little gritty, but it's not too bad. During this time, Edmond is educated by a former soldier turned priest. Spoiler I know the prison scenes were building up to the point where Edmond becomes the Count of Monte Cristo, but it seemed like the film makers spent more time than necessary on the prison scenes and educating Edmond. It did give me an insight to the friendship of Edmond and the priest. Edmond helps the priest dig out of the prison in exchange for education. The priest, it turned out, knows the location of a great treasure on the island of Monte Cristo, but he tells Edmond that he must only use this wealth for good (something that Edmond says he will not be able to do) End of Spoiler

Left to Right: Edmond as the Count of Monte Cristo,
Albert Mondego, and Fernand Mondego.

Fernand is a very despicable character. He claimed that he did everything thing that he did to Edmond at the beginning because he kept a secret from him. (Really? That's why you had him arrested? More like you were looking for an excuse to arrest him.). Spoiler Then after Fernand marries Mercedes, he neglects her and their son (needless to say, their marriage is an unhappy one and Mercedes is still in love with Edmond, who she believes is dead). End of Spoiler

We see the growth of Edmond's character in multiple dimensions throughout the Count of Monte Cristo. Spoiler When he is imprisoned, we see him move from uneducated to educated. We see him lose his faith and replace it with revenge and then see the error of his ways and redeem himself to God. We see him move from being a person bent solely on revenge and using his wealth for revenge to a person who realizes that there are more important things in life than revenge and uses his wealth for good. We do see that in some instances even in his "revenge state", Edmond does have some compassion for others (namely when he spared the life of Jacopo, a smuggler who was going to be killed by his fellow smugglers). End of Spoiler 


Scenery
There's a great deal of nice scenery for The Count of Monte Cristo. We get to see scenes around the city of Marseilles: outdoor scenes, seaside scenes, though the houses towards the beginning are poorer than later in the movie. We get to see the prison that Edmond spends a good deal of time in (like I said before, it is gritty): because of it's grittiness, there aren't a lot of colors that are used during the prison scenes and is mostly grey. Later in the movie, we get to see more of the grander houses (which look very nice, by the way).

Edmond as the Count of Monte Cristo with Mercedes.

Costumes
Costuming is great! Though I did have a little difficulty placing the years the story takes place later in the movie. The beginning of the story features what are obviously Regency fashions, but later in the story after Edmond is in prison for over a decade, the fashions give mixed signals. There were some women walking in public that had on some 1820s fashions, but at the same time, Mercedes had what appeared to be Regency fashions (and since she married into a wealthy family, she would be able to keep up with the latest fashions. But nevertheless, the costuming is beautiful!


Overall: 4/5 
My mom and I enjoyed this movie. It was suspenseful at times. The plot was interesting and didn't leave us bored to tears. Sure, it's not like the book (from what I've read about the book), but the movie is a good movie in it's own right. The costumes are great and definitely worth a look at.

The Count of Monte Cristo is rated PG-13. Keep in mind, that my mom and I caught this on TV one day, so some of the content was cut out. From what we saw, there wasn't anything too horrible in this movie. There is some violence with some blood, but nothing is overtly graphic. There are also a couple of "more mature" scenes, but they are short and not graphic. Probably the PG-13 parts were more for the violence than anything else.

The Count of Monte Cristo is available on DVD. It is rated PG-13 and runs for 131 minutes.

Review: Cold Comfort Farm (1995)

I tried to watch this a couple of years ago, but never finished it. So finally, with nothing to do, I sat down with my mom to watch this and I watched the entire thing! Originally, my mom bought the DVD since it looked like a good movie; I started to watch it with her, but was called away and didn't finish it (she finished it, though). So, finally after watching it after all this time, here is the review!

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Synopsis
Flora Poste, a young lady of twenty years old and a budding writer who has just lost both of her parents and has only £100 a year, writes to relatives to allow her to stay with them while she works on her writing. She receives a letter from her cousin Judith Starkadder from Cold Comfort Farm, a run down farm that is said to be cursed. Judith is happy to welcome "Robert Poste's child" to her farm in order to do penance for something that her husband, Amos, did to Flora's father years ago. While Flora stays with the Starkadders, she tries to "fix" everyone's life at Cold Comfort Farm, including renovating the house.

Characters
There are a good deal of period drama actors and actresses in Cold Comfort Farm (I always like to see actors that I can recognize from different period dramas). Eileen Atkins (Judith Starkadder) can also be seen in Cranford as Deborah Jenkyns. Kate Beckinsale (Flora Poste) can also be seen in Emma (1997) as Emma Woodhouse. Stephen Fry (Mybug) can be heard as the Cheshire Cat in the latest Alice in Wonderland movie. Ian McKellen (Amos Starkadder) can also be seen in The Scarlet Pimpernel as Chauvelin. Rufus Sewell (Seth Starkadder) can also be seen in Middlemarch as Will Landislaw and in Amazing Grace as Thomas Clarkson.

There are a good deal of quirky characters and few "normal" characters. Flora and her city friends were the "normal" characters in the story. Though they are "normal" they still have a couple of quirks to them, but not as quirky as the Starkadders of Cold Comfort Farm. They do come off as a bit snobby, but they are willing to help Flora out with the Starkadders (most of the time by sending things by post).

The Starkadders and some help

Then there were the quirky characters... mainly all the ones in the countryside. While the Starkadders and other country folk are uncouth, I felt that the country people were portrayed as being a tad "stupid" and then Flora comes in a fixes everything for them. I didn't like how almost everything the country people did was portrayed as being "backwards" and then city-girl Flora with her modern ways fixes everything without any serious repercussions (okay, so Judith was upset for a little while, but she also was okay with everything by the end). So while there were some things that needed to be fixed, I didn't like how the country people were portrayed as being a bit dumb.

A good thing about this movie was the literary references. There are a couple of references to Jane Austen and I did get a chuckle out of the fact that Mybug, a writer who falls in love with Flora (though she does not like him), is writing a thesis about how Branwell Bronte (brother of Charlotte, Anne, and Emily Bronte) wrote all of their books.

Spoiler What I didn't like in the movie (but I heard that it was the case in the original novel), is that there were some unanswered questions. For instance, what did Ada Doom (Judith's mother) see in the woodshed? And what did Amos do to Robert Poste? These questions were not answered, which was a shame. But if the original novel was that way, I guess there was nothing the film makers could do about it. End of Spoiler

Flora Poste

Scenery
Like many a period drama, Cold Comfort Farm has very nice scenery. There are plenty of country scenes to be gazed at as well as some city scenes. Most of the story takes place at Cold Comfort Farm, which starts out originally as a worn down farm, but after Flora fixes it up it looks nice. There is a small town that Flora goes into for a couple of scenes that looks like a quaint country town: rather nice in my opinion. The scenery in Cold Comfort Farm is definitely one of the high points.

Costumes
The costuming was rather nice! I don't know very much about 1930s fashions, but I rather liked the way it looked in Cold Comfort Farm. Of course, all the countryside people wore plainer clothes while the city people wore the more expensive outfits.

Flora Poste and Elfine

Overall: 2.75/5
It was okay. It had it's cute moments and it's funny moments, but I found that it was only okay. It wasn't as hilarious as I thought it was going to be. I probably wouldn't watch it a second time, but I wouldn't say that it was horrible.

The movie itself is rated PG, but there are still some subjects brought up that may make some people uncomfortable (in fact, it might even border on PG-13). There is some suggestive language and some mild language. There's nothing graphic in this movie (it is rated PG after all); just a couple of scenes here and there that may be uncomfortable.

Cold Comfort Farm is available on DVD. It is rated PG and is 95 minutes long.