The film has an intriguing premise and some great acting, but it sort of collapses in on itself about an hour through. Fellowes has chosen *not* to show some of the most potentially dramatic moments in the story, so you feel like scenes were accidentally left on the cutting room floor. Watson and Wilkinson are both fine in their roles, but they never really seem to connect together. Moreover, they just don't have any chemistry. Everett gives a very mannered performance which seems ludicrously out of place. He has one hospital scene which is so badly done it was outright embarrassing. This film was not up to the level of Fellowes' phenomenal "Gosford Park."
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