Jessica was a poor choice for Duchess Sophie

Rating: 7/10 (27 August 2006)

I enjoyed this movie, but like another poster above I thought that Jessica Biel was miscast as the Dutchess Sophia. She just wasn't believable as a turn of the century Austrian aristocrat. She was okay in the role,but she isn't nearly the caliber of performer as Edward Norton and Paul Giametti. If Nicole Kidman was younger she would have been good for the part or among younger actresses, Liv Tyler, who I believe played a princess in the "Lord of the Rings" (sorry, I didn't see any of the trilogy -- I guess I'm just not a "ringer.")
And why when she (Jessica Biel/Dutchess Sophia) was young did she have fair hair and blue eyes, and as an adult,she had brown hair and dark eyes? I know that people change as they get older, but not THAT much. Inconsistencies like that are somewhat annoying.
Otherwise, I thought it was a good movie and I would recommend it.