That is some of the textual infidelity I've heard about! I'm glad it holds up as a thing of its own; I'm not sure if I'd be able to separate it.
That's fair. It is a beautiful film, but that's difficult to enjoy if you're distracted by the psychic dissonance of competing narratives.
I don't know any of the child actors, but I see John Lynch and Maggie Smith!
John Lynch and Maggie Smith are excellent, as ever, but it's the kids who have to carry the movie, and they are definitely up to the task. They are all very, very good, but Mary just blew me away. She is so very Mary-ish. This scene with Martha toward the beginning of the movie gives you a good taste of what I mean, as well as how perfectly the interior shots of Misselthwaite are framed. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the whole movie available on Youtube; there are files claiming to be so, but they are misnamed uploads of the 1987 Hallmark version. Any clipped versions start with the scene I linked, too, rather than at the beginning. I suspect rights enforcement.
Because of the frame story or for other reasons?
Well, any frame story with an end game of not!cousins Colin/Mary in a romantic clinch and Dickon dead off-screen doesn't help. I recall objecting to the young cast, though, particularly the Mary and her arbitrary, indifferent attempts at an accent.
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That's fair. It is a beautiful film, but that's difficult to enjoy if you're distracted by the psychic dissonance of competing narratives.
I don't know any of the child actors, but I see John Lynch and Maggie Smith!
John Lynch and Maggie Smith are excellent, as ever, but it's the kids who have to carry the movie, and they are definitely up to the task. They are all very, very good, but Mary just blew me away. She is so very Mary-ish. This scene with Martha toward the beginning of the movie gives you a good taste of what I mean, as well as how perfectly the interior shots of Misselthwaite are framed. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to find the whole movie available on Youtube; there are files claiming to be so, but they are misnamed uploads of the 1987 Hallmark version. Any clipped versions start with the scene I linked, too, rather than at the beginning. I suspect rights enforcement.
Because of the frame story or for other reasons?
Well, any frame story with an end game of not!cousins Colin/Mary in a romantic clinch and Dickon dead off-screen doesn't help. I recall objecting to the young cast, though, particularly the Mary and her arbitrary, indifferent attempts at an accent.