one word: beautiful!

Rating: Null/10 (11 July 1999)

I began to be a fan of Mr. Kubrick last year, and ever since, I've constantly tried to get my hands on every film he's done.
The cinematography is the most beautiful I've ever seen, next to Gone with the Wind. The acting was tight, and generally very well done. The adapted period music sounded great to the ear. And the story, I found very interesting. To me, there is a moral to this fine story by Thackery. If you are given somthing good, don't screw everything up by taking advantage of it, or being greedy. Though the film was very long, I, myself, did not find it boring. (My mother fell asleep through some of it, yet she loved the story line. And she doesn't even like long movies like Barry Lyndon.) This film can be overlooked by young fans of Mr. Kubrick, and it is a shame, because this is amongst his greatest triumphs.