Very good

Rating: Null/10 (7 January 2015)

Surely, it took me a while to finally see this, but it's rather very good. I've always liked Keira knightley, if never been totally impressed by her. Here, she's just exquisite, really bringing a lot of charm and depth to her role and fitting into the period time like a glove (not all the actors are as successful). The supporting cast is also great, great seeing Blethyn, and also great seeing both Carey Mulligan and Rosamund Pike in roles before they got big and started giving acclaimed performances. Both are great here, as is Jena Malone. The whole film is great, it's definitely more of your typical period romance over something like Atonement, which its themes were very different.