Pretentious depravity just done cynically for effect!

Rating: 5/10 (18 January 2019)

After hearing all the hype for this film and being an Emma Stone fan i was looking forwards to seeing this film. Costumes were great but from the off this film had scenes of unnecessary smut and depravity which i feel was just cynically and pretentiously done for shock effect. I didn't really find it shocking, im not 12 years old just daft really. Even though things like this did occur historically it just seemed forced, fake and not needed in the context of the film. Many people may disagree but i see many people do agree. This sort of behaviour and bad language worked in films like The Libertine as that was the true nature of that character but id of preferred it not to have been used here and the Director/producer/writers to of just played it as a straight like a normal peace of period drama rather than trying to sensationalise it.