The first quarter was charming, the second was promising, the third was disappointing and the final act was melodramatic.
If you wanted to be proper woke, you’d hire a middle aged woman to play Mrs. Pretty. After all she was in her 50’s.
Why focus on the horny fictional lady and her conflicted dry relationship with her husband twice her age? Nobody cares. She just showed up and suddenly we are supposed to care?
Sure digital shooting is cheap but that’s just lazy.
Where is the educational aspect on the Sutton Hoo treasure?
This was an omnidirectional NIGHTMARE.
All of this aside. Fiennes was absolutely charming and when he said “I do, I did, I might” to little Robert to, I believed him. Shame this had the ingredients just the wrong recipe.