Overrated

Highly Overrated But Still Good

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

I saw this movie in cinema and this is the way to do it!On one side, this movie is not well researched. Nearly every actor does not match with the role. Keira Knightley is not the 18th-century sex-bomb, you would expect from the contemporary paintings. But the hole political role of the duchess is not told in this movie. So you can not understand why in one scene is an great audience. Charles Grey was a young boy, when the duchess married the duke of Devonshire and this is the reason why the first scene in the movie is complete nonsense - like nearly all the story line. The duke was not a old men in this time, and the duchess was significantly older than Mr. Grey etc.. The dark side of the duchess, her faults (drugs, gambling etc.) were not told. So the story of the movie is something like a lie.On the other hand, there are very nice costumes. OK, you cannot see why the duchess of Devonshire was so famous for her costumes because she has all the film quiet normal and mostly informal dresses for the period. I think, it's a nice film for women. If you forget, the background and the historical life of the duchess of Devonshire - perhaps than nobody would see the film in cinema. So they needed a title. The life of the real duchess was quiet interesting full of adventures, illness, journeys, political arguments, intrigues etc.. But here is only a story of a nearly stupid rich women in some problems with her brutal husband. I admired the locations and the costumes but as a movie without any real interesting conflict and mostly boring not really motivated actors its hard to look at it without regret.

This film was awarded an Oscar for the costimogrpahy. It certainly deserves it. It is an outstanding achievement, not only in costumes, but plot is interesting and acting is excellent.It is interesting that aristocrats could choose to live basically with two women. And then the wife falls in love with a politician. What a plot! And again it is a male heir. Henry VIII repeats itself over and over again. It is interesting to see how England was changing together while America was gaining its independence. Interesting period, interesting story.If you are into British Aristocracy and period dramas this is a film for you.

a beautiful film. not great or remarkable. only beautiful. for costumes and correct acting. for the light to dark rooms of period. for the flavor of Anna Karenina. and for the atmosphere before the storm. a movie like a jewel from 18 century. more complex than a nice adaptation of a book, almost fascinating for the science of Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes to explore theirs roles possibilities, special for performance of Charlotte Rampling and for the air of portrait of a life. a movie like a drop of perfume. noble, seductive, charming. and a different tool for discover the past in a profound way.that is all. a beautiful film about a special universe and remarkable force of a woman to be herself .

After reading Amanda Foreman's biography about Georgiana, I immediately watched the movie. The costumes and settings were breathtakingly beautiful. The entire cast play their roles perfectly, and Keira and Ralph's portrayals of Geirgiana and William moved me greatly. The part that moved me the most was when Gee gave up Eliza. Most of this movie has depressing moments like when Gee gave up Eliza or when Gee reunited with the children. I will warn that this movie has some historical inaccuracies, but overall this movie is one of the greatest historical drama's I have ever seen. It is also one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. I highly recommend this movie for period movie lovers.