Highly Overrated But Still Good

Don't listen to the negative reviews

Admirable film.

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

It's pretty much from the start even though there is very little to warrant it but you basically end up with 1h 35min of horror film music. It gets very tiring very quickly. If you thought this was going to be the usual entertaining period drama the UK puts out regularly think again. I was forced to watch it but if you manage to make half way through by choice expect to start shouting in irritation at the far fetched ridiculousness more and more as the movie continues. You hope it will get better as the film goes on but it gets worse. Add in a load of randomly unexplained or uncompleted plot points for the final nail. Don't waste your time in my opinion.

I agreed to watch this one just for my girlfriend, so we could spend some quality time together, and it turned out to be pretty good. I was expecting a major yawn-fest about ladies in big hats drinking tea, but it actually had a very intriguing plot, full of deceit and attempted murder, etc.; it wasn't really an "edge of your seat" type of thriller, but it had enough to keep me interested throughout. The plot was somewhat original, although not entirely dissimilar from some of the other standard fare from this genre, such as Jane Eyre. It was also very well-acted and had good production values; the sets and locations looked very authentic and the background score was appropriate. In my opinion, it was an entertaining film.

I literally have never written a review but this is an awful movie. Well not all of it, but the part that is...it's just bad.It started out quite nice, fell in love with the main character, until the plot twist began and they made her into one of the most stupid characters I've ever seen. It's really a shame. Every decision she makes is more stupid than the next. And how they story is made into a climax and the resolution events, they are all just horrid. I'm an avid movie watcher, in particular, movies of this style. This is by far the worst. It's a shame. It really is. I am not sure if the novel makes the main character appear as "delusionally" dumb as the movie did, but I am not a fan. That said....I was able to make it through the movie...but it did seriously make me cringe at how bad it was. The ending is not too bad...I guess -_- I didn't understand why it has 4.5/5 stars on netflix..it barely deserves a 3/5.Ps. cannot shout in your review? umm...OK?

I admit, my first go-through I wasn't convinced. The plot seemed to rush forward with so much momentum that there wasn't a great deal of character development, and I found the characters themselves utterly obtuse. But, a second watch-through convinced me of what an enjoyable piece of Victorian drama this is -- beginning out with the makings of an unexpected love story (the love comes after marriage, in this case) and turning into a thriller. It won't win any awards but the costuming is gorgeous, the cast is surprisingly good (in spite of any romantic spark between the leads), and it's something I'll watch more than once. Try it, you may be surprised how enjoyable it is.