A Disappointing Continuation

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

In other words,this film is a surreal ride.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Despite being mind-numbingly slow and tedious, this film has some intangible charm which lifts it above a one-star disaster. As others have said, Wuthering Heights this is not, although it clearly believes it is in the same ballpark. As an example of everything wrong with the British film industry, this is first-rate - vis a vis it fully demonstrates the Prime Directive of British studio filmmaking: "As long as it's in period costume, it doesn't need a story."

Katherine (Florence Pugh) is sold as a wife into the Lester manor. Her husband (Paul Hilton ) is delinquent in his husband duties preferring self gratification. She is told not to go outside. When the master leaves on a trip, we fall into an English version of Mandingo. Katherine is very bold and daring about her relationship and has no problem achieving what she desires. This is a fairly decent period drama. Fans of this film might enjoy the classic book Madame Bovary. Good use of silence. Guide: Nudity. Sex. 1 F-word. 1 C word.

Does this movie show actually the killing of a horse during filiming? Isn't That forbidden?

This acting was on point but to be honest to me this was more of a horror film than romance. The introduction of each new character seemed only to prove that there is an even more daft person than the one who was previously holding your attention. The content is very disturbing and it certainly was a different look at life in 1800s England. Definitely a one time watch, once is enough.