best movie i've ever seen.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

My cousin Rachel does not only fall apart because of the most obnoxious misscasting In a long while. I simply couldn't stand the lead character. He was so irritating and bad at acting that it simply couldnt believe or feel moved by any scene they where togheter. I laughed the whole time. That onscreen precense of the love scenes was never there. This is by no means a gothic movie just because rachel weisz sports a black dress. She's maybe one of my favorite actressess of all times, And It's sad that this supposed to be gothic drama never was anything of that.

In Cornwall, Orphan Philip is brought up by his cousin Ambrose. Ambrose dies in Italy in mysterious circumstances, shortly after having married Rachel. Rachel comes to Cornwall: Ambrose didn't change his will after marrying, and Philip suspects Rachel of poisoning him. Despite his initial suspicions, Philip gradually becomes besotted with Rachel, gifting her jewellery and gifting Ambrose's estate to her. But then he falls ill - could she be poisoning him, too?This adaptation of Deaphne Du Maurier's mystery romance novel fiddles about with the mechanics of the ending but otherwise stays faithfully to the dynamics of the original. And it is with the original that I must take exception for denying me satisfaction. Because the one thing you want to know is "Is Rachel guilty of plotting and poisoning, or is it all an unfortunate combination of circumstances?"Well guess what, and I'm sorry for the spoiler, but you're not going to find out here. Oh, there will be some who will say "Of course she's guilty, look at da de da de da. But there will also be those who say "Oh, of course she's innocent, look at da de da de da," and this proves my point. There is nothing here to resolve the mystery. And I find that annoying.The film is beautifully staged - locations, costumes, cinematography, all are gorgeous. And the acting is excellent, with Sam Claflin's conflicted Philip being particularly effective. Rachel Weisz is Rachel, and I simply don't care for her screen presence in pretty nearly everything I've seen her in, but she does a tolerable job in presenting an ambiguous Rachel.

Glossy, with nice settings and a well rounded performance by Ms Weisz as Rachel - this adaptation suffers from very few highs to balance the lows. It seems to amble along in the slow lane - overly dependent on obviously arty photography to hide portions of undeveloped character motivation. The principal characters especially, seem to have dramatic, fully motivated drive one day and a complete reversal the next - a little more care with the script might have helped to develop these sudden personality reversals. The addition of open air sex scenes in Victorian England seemed more to do with tailoring for a modern audience than historical accuracy. The way the locals take to riding horses right on the very edges of high, unstable cliffs also seemed a trifle more than fool hardy (but of course this lack of sensibility serves the stories purposes). OK, but might have been handled a little better. Must check out the original 50s version once more.

This dour period-piece relies on such a non-narrative that I honestly struggled to see the point of the entire endeavour. 'My Cousin Rachel (2017)' essentially boils down to a romance which isn't romantic, a drama which isn't dramatic and a thriller which isn't thrilling. It culminates in a dreary sequence of successive scenes where our protagonist acts like an ignorant ass and the audience becomes more and more comatose. Once it finally reaches its conclusion, the flick revels in certain barely-there revelations and tries to convince us that it has actually been layered all along, which still couldn't cover up the almost depressing levels of boredom I felt throughout the piece. All the 'twist' essentially boils down to, though, is whether or not the feature just wasted nearly two-hours of your time and, whatever conclusions you may draw about the weak double-bluffing plot, this will invariably and inevitably be the case. 3/10