The Governess [VHS]
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VHS Movie Reviews of The Governess [VHS]
Movie Review: What have you done to me Miss Blackchurch!
Summary: 3 Stars
There are some good things in this movie....then there are also some bad...Bad first-The dialogue in some places seems extremely over the top. Tom Wilkinson and Minne Driver do not seem comfortable at all in the somewhat silly love scenes that are laced through the movie.
Good-Strong soundtrack. Strong acting. Especially Jonathan Rhys Meyer's portrayal of Henry...This movie made me sorely want to take him to Mcdonald's and handfeed him french fries....and Big Mac's while petting his pretty little face....Clementina was an espcially interesting character.
Well, that's all....TA!
Movie Review: Nice, although it tends to drag
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is very beautiful watch, although it does tend to drag itself out at times...but overall I found it very enjoyable. But Jonathan Rhys Myers could've used a bit more screen time...Movie Review: Get it for Meyers
Summary: 4 Stars
Let me get this right. Minnie Drivers character chooses dull,boring,stuckup,old Cavendish over the gorgously cute Jonathan Rhys Meyers? Is this even halfway realistic? I spent the whole movie wondering what she saw in old Cavendish, I can't believe she felt so much passion for such a dull character. He was about as sexy as a block of wood.I was hoping that she would drop him for Henry but she never came to her senses. It is still a beautifully photographed movie with exquisite costumes and designs. The only problem is that it doesn't really go anywhere and Cavendish's character is so boring that you wonder why she bothers with him. Still a very good movie and worth seeing if only for the gorgous Jonathan Rhys Meyers. He is a remarkable young actor, much better than the overrated Leonardo DiCaprio. Movie Review: Beautifully shot, the story of a pre-Victorian feminist
Summary: 4 Stars
Set in 1840, England, between the times of King George and Queen Victoria, this is the story of a Jewish woman, Rosina Da Silva (Minnie Driver), who after the death of her beloved father, is asked to marry quickly and marry "well" so that the debt-ridden family can maintain its standards of living. Rosina is headstrong, and rejects a marriage proposal from an older, boring man. She would rather be an actress. She takes a job as a nanny for the Cavendish family on the uninviting, desolate, Isle of Skye. She changes her name to Mary BlackChurch to mask her Jewish identity, and is accepted as one of the family. Like Queen Esther of the Purim holiday, she masks her identity and takes up residence in a palace-like household. And then Mr. Cavendish (Tom Wilkinson), an inventor who is focusing his scientific work on photography, takes an interest in Mary/Rosina, as does the Cavendish's teenage son, Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Beautifully shot, like the photos Cavendish is trying to develop and stabilize. A tad cliché with the pre-Victorian romantic lines. Contains nudity. First 10 minutes contain shots of "recreated" London (actually Venetian style) synagogue and "Sephardic" Jewish life. By the way, the writer / director Goldbach is the progeny of an Italian-Jewish father and Scottish mother. Contains music by the late Israeli singer, Ofra Haza, and Edward Shearmur.Movie Review: Stuff And Things
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, what can I say? I adored this movie - acting was fabulous, all characters were vivid and well thought out. Jonathan Rhys Meyers was *beautiful*, everyone should see him ;)