Slow paced and pretentious.

Rating: 2/10 (3 March 2018)

From the beginning, the conversation, the choreography, the situations, the people, all seemed completely unnatural to me. I cringed through most of the stilted dialogue.
Hammer looked too old for this role for it not to come across as a little creepy, even if it didn't in the book. And Hammer's acting failed to make an attraction from a 17 year-old in the least convincing. As others have said, there was simply no chemistry. The peach scene triggered the gag-reflex, and has nothing to do with sexuality.
I am completely baffled at the praise it has received. In my view, it's one of the worst films nominated for best picture in memory.