I was so excited when I finally saw this film available in video. I had heard about it when it opened in the UK two years ago and was disappointed that it never opened in theaters that were close to me.
After seeing it, I'm not sure I'm as impressed with it as I would have liked.
It started out well enough but seemed to have several missing pieces as the film went on. My biggest problem is that I could not get a sense of what Nora saw in James, how much of a genius James was, and the complete picture of themselves as a couple in their times.
The pacing was also a little off - I wouldn't call it slow but it seemed slow because it focused so much on this one aspect of this couple but never really expanded beyond that.
I disagree with several of the critics who originally trashed this film. I don't think it was a bad film - it had lots of interesting things in it. While I enjoyed both of the characters, it was hard for me to feel much empathy for them. Joyce was portrayed as kind of a jealous, small minded, petty, and selfish bastard while Nora could be really awful herself and you never could figure out what they saw in each other beyond sex.
I'm glad I saw it but I think the story could have been a lot better if it was more tightly told, better paced and the viewer had a chance to see what the story was really trying to convey.
After seeing it, I'm not sure I'm as impressed with it as I would have liked.
It started out well enough but seemed to have several missing pieces as the film went on. My biggest problem is that I could not get a sense of what Nora saw in James, how much of a genius James was, and the complete picture of themselves as a couple in their times.
The pacing was also a little off - I wouldn't call it slow but it seemed slow because it focused so much on this one aspect of this couple but never really expanded beyond that.
I disagree with several of the critics who originally trashed this film. I don't think it was a bad film - it had lots of interesting things in it. While I enjoyed both of the characters, it was hard for me to feel much empathy for them. Joyce was portrayed as kind of a jealous, small minded, petty, and selfish bastard while Nora could be really awful herself and you never could figure out what they saw in each other beyond sex.
I'm glad I saw it but I think the story could have been a lot better if it was more tightly told, better paced and the viewer had a chance to see what the story was really trying to convey.