Benedict Brook

Diverting but ultimately not all that rewarding. A film about how you move on from grief and betrayal, it’s actually lighter and funnier than you might expect. There was a fair bit of overacting - it almost felt like some of the characters were high for much of it they were that perky. But the main thing that I couldn’t get my head around was why such a relatable subject matter - loss - was made un relatable by setting it among such wildly rich people. We begin at a beautiful London home, artistically furnished, in a perfect neighbourhood and then - wouldn’t you know - the lead character is bequeathed a beautiful Paris home, artistically furnished in a perfect neighbourhood. They then all go shopping to a designer boutique - haven’t we all been there?? Really, you could have done a much more relatable story with a middle class couple. That being said, David Bradley’s utterly moving funeral speech was worth watching the movie all on its own.