What were they thinking?

Rating: 5/10 (24 January 2016)

I managed to struggle through about half of this. Probably it would have been wonderful if I happened to speak Shakespearean English. Unfortunately, like everyone else on the planet except a few English professors, I don't. I cannot imagine American viewers taking to this film. Not only is the English regional, but it is written in the original dialogue, which makes it pretty much impossible to understand what's going on. The cinematography is superb, the actors look stunningly authentic, the acting appears to be faultless - but even if it had subtitles (it doesn't) it would be incomprehensible. Why, oh why, did the producers not render it in a more modern form of English? They must be mad.