He Knew He Was Right | Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser (II)

He Knew He Was Right | Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser (II) | Boring Flat Main Story, Somewhat Funny side story, Disjointed Passionless

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He Knew He Was Right

	He Knew He Was Right Oliver Dimsdale, Laura Fraser (II) BBC Warner, 2005 average customer review:based on 21 reviews view larger image
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/16/2006 Rating: Nr

A Good Film

This movie has a good plot---The one or two sex scenes are very tame.
I'd rate them with a G rating.The lead gentleman thught he was right
about his wife's infidelity and lost everything.Good English acting. Shows English women as we have read them to be.
19th Century Britlit Classic

Boring Flat Main Story, Somewhat Funny side story, Disjointed Passionless

I wouldn't buy this one, rental only. The story is flat, happy couple gets married then jealousy and the resulting madness ensue with a struggle for custody thrown in. He was somewhat justified in his suspicions, but then goes mad and turns hateful and distrusting of the world and then intends to teach this to his son but dithers and relents only to kill himself through worry. I think the wives unbending and non-sacrifice with such a lack of understanding and empathy done with such a calm babe in the woods demeanor is horrible on her part as well, he wasn't asking for the world.

No effort to flesh out the husbands background and own growing up to help explain such a bizarre spiral is made, making this a very weak effort indeed. Both the husband and wives acting are very much flat as well, we expected it to build to something more passionate and concrete only to be shown a sort of whimper and then predictable end in unspecified death used interminably in Victorian literature.

The only interesting and entertaining part is the priest and his vacillations with respect to a number of women who seem to think he's so great. It's a funny interlude and contrast to the quite boring main story, oddly the two don't really intersect making for a disjointed production.

This just isn't in the same league as Pride, NorthSouth, Bleak House, WivesDaughters or a number of other English novel adaptations, you could skip it and not miss much.

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Good subplots

The main story was depressing, but have to admit that the subplots were very good: one involving a Bishop and two "French" women, and another a very demanding spinster. Bill Nighy's character was quite amusing in a poppycock way, although his behavior was at the root of the evil that led to the main character's decline.

Okay, but if it wasn't for the subplots, would not have enjoyed.

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