It's all in the eyes

Rating: 7/10 (24 May 2009)

A very good somewhat subtle movie where almost everything is in the unsaid, the subtext and the eyes of the characters. The always sublime Kate Winslet did not get an academy award nomination for nothing. She's bold enough to act without makeup, naked and at different ages. The other actors were fine also (including Ralph Fiennes, excuse the bad pun ;-). I wish it had been more touching for me but it's already great that the character played by Kate Winslet was multidimensional and not unlikeable despite her sins. Lest I forget, besides the "love" story element, there is a strong reflexion about morality, guilt and doing what's right. As a former and hopefully future bookseller/librarian, the reading parts of the story were some of the scenes I preferred. It's definitely worth a rental but probably not a purchase as watching it once is probably enough.
Rating: 7 out of 10