Not very good...

Rating: Null/10 (10 February 2012)

I did enjoy the period dress included in the film..but the photography was pretty bad. The shots included these face shots that filled the whole screen and the audio portion was not understandable in several scenes. I only knew who some of the characters were by the history of what happened that I'd studied. The characters were using their stage names but you couldn't hear it very well and it was "mumbly" at best so knowing who was who was difficult at best. Overall, a disappointing film that lasted about a half hour too long. Buy a used copy from Amazon but don't invest too much in it. I believe if they could have given the audience a better picture of who the characters were (outside the main ones) and what their roles were, it might've made a better movie. But for goodness sakes..don't fill the screen with their faces. It looked like the camera was looking at the character through a peephole..so much face! I give it a C-- rating.