OK, slow film, unbelievably fast sex, < 60sec to orgasm

Rating: 6/10 (5 February 2009)

Now I know why the baby boom happened.
OK, slow film with unbelievably fast sex, < 60sec to orgasm of both participants. Was Mendes having length problems and rather than cutting the novel's text, cut the sex to the bone?
Close to being Winslet's best film work (I thought she was even better, but not nearly as beautiful, in Eternal Sunshine), but Mendes's weakest (I have not seen Jughead).
Other critics have written that the film is very theatrical and I agree. But the ambiance of the 1950s, which I remember from my childhood although that was not in the U.S., was very well done.