Hellen
I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Matrixiole
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Kailansorac
Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.
Cristal
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
grandmahawk87
A wonderful costume drama as only the British can do. Great art production, costumes, fine acting and excellent soundtrack. My overwhelming feeling was that Ms Knightley was channeling the other tragic Spencer - Lady Diana, later Diana, Princess of Wales. Even the coy looks of flushed innocence in the early part of the film were a reminder of her. The film lifts a lid on the mores of English society in the 18th century with the impending changes in political and social life. Recommended for devotees of costume drama, history, and films based on real events.
petarmatic
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.
Andrew Morris
Keira Knightley plays the duncess of Devonshire in this period drama and in a marriage where they are both sleeping away lets say she getting pregnant via the prime minster of Britain and handing her daughter over to a British general while visiting Blackpool and fun in bed then breaking it off after a quick night of passion Ralph fiennes not his best performance in a movie Jane Austin must helped write the script because it one the worst to date not a movie for everyone only for die hard fans anyway other actress in Hayley atwell as Bess foster and Charles Fox at the time furture prime minster,speecmaker,Charles Grey and various other maids and servants alike plus servants to duncess.
cracker
As others note, there was lots of real history going on during this period, yet we are privy to none of it in this movie. We are instead served an endless buffet of "rehashed victimology theme #853" the female audience seems to endlessly crave even after 30-40 years of the same old schlock.The Duke has no redeeming qualities whatsoever, and the movie is merely a litany of his oppression of the protagonist. If these "Burning Bed" type movies ever contained more than a Star Wars level of black hat white hat moral ambivalence, discerning viewers would take them more seriously. As it is, they are to be either collectively laughed or yawned at other than in Jr. College Women's Studies departments throughout the land, where I imagine this movie gets lots of play.If you were hoping to learn about a female historical figure, her place in history and accomplishments, this isn't it, just a very stale soapy theme in pretty wrappings. Ladies, will you please tire of this dreck? It's been 40 years of it, how much more do we have to endure?
