Terrific storyline, wonderful cast and script, beautiful scenery and music.

Rating: 10/10 (9 September 2018)

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. What can be better than a romantic story about books placed during an interesting historical period? And starring four actors who I came to love in Downton Abbey? I also loved charming Isola, adorable Kit and especially the charming young Eli, who has a wonderful smile and a great presence on camera and who we will hopefully see again soon. One minor thing I think the super talented writers missed: Eli switches between calling his grandfather "Grandpa" and "Granddad." But grandchildren don't interchange those words, because what they call their grandparent is really the same as his name. So he is either one or the other, but not both names. I was also less than enamored with the actor cast as Mark Reynolds. His eyes and his midwestern (?), gravelly accent were wearing on me. Michel Huisman was wonderful and I hope we see a lot more of him in the future as well. And I love everything Lily James does. I did think it was kind of funny in a trivial pursuit kind of way that this is the second movie/TV show where Lily James and Jessica Brown Findlay appear but never together. Like she did in Downton Abbeey, Findlay's character disappears before James enters the story. Please, Netflix, stop it with the other junk and give us more pleasant stories like this.