A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (26 September 2008)

Sumptuous images. A satisfying screenplay that did not spell everything out in small words with capital letters yet allowed for no confusion in unstated subtleties. A directorial subtlety: When we are shown a scene of G looking through a window and then being taken to look out that selfsame window the glass was thick with period imperfections.
You know how lovers can come to resemble one another? In a party scene the shape and countenance of Keira's face distinctly resembled that of Charles Grey.
One quibble might be clothed lovemaking in bed with a close lover. But, after all, it was Keira Knightly. Had she not been wearing that chemise I may not have been able to handle it.
I was so glad at the happy ending. Happy as compared to the ending Georgiana would have soon confronted had she not read and reacted to those letters.
Overall: An eye-dazzling window into another world. A world as full of imperfections as our own: different, but equally heartbreaking in the injustice.