Willoughby Chase is the grand but remote home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.Willoughby Chase is the grand but remote home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.Willoughby Chase is the grand but remote home of Sir Willoughby and Lady Green and their daughter Bonnie.
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- TriviaThe producers struggled to find a suitable director for this project. Comedian Mel Smith had just finished filming his directorial debut The Tall Guy (1989) and was asked if he would be interested in this film but as he was new to directing at the time he felt uncomfortable directing a period piece at that stage of his career. He did however say he would be interested in doing a straight acting role if they wanted him in the film so when Richard Harris dropped out of the lead role the producers asked him if he would like to step in.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Black Hearts in Battersea (1995)
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Certainly has its own style
I found myself pleasantly enjoying this, just as I did with the book. The costumes were top notch, the relatively small budget is used excellently on the sets and cinematography. The film has a very clever style, a mixture of Victorian England and a sort of steampunk feel.
The acting is fairly apt throughout, Miss Slycarp is definitely my favourite of the characters and I was slightly disappointed to see Pattern and Simon's roles reduced to only a couple of scenes. Further deviances from the book include Bonnie and Sylvia not immediately liking each other, which I suppose allows for the film to show the growth in their relationship and how they contrast but come closer together by the end, in the book despite their differences they got together very well so I don't know why they include the girls calling each other "coward" and "stupid" which I didn't feel necessary but again I suppose it shows growth. Mr Grimshaw was less funny at the start as in the book but that's only a small change.
Because it's an 80s film it has to be really dark as well, unlike in the book where nobody died there are some deaths here: a child drowns whilst working in a mill, a boy gets crushed to death and two women are devoured by wolves - not something you see in every kids film!
7/10: Stylish, dark and fairly well acted. It's easy to follow and quite entertaining
The acting is fairly apt throughout, Miss Slycarp is definitely my favourite of the characters and I was slightly disappointed to see Pattern and Simon's roles reduced to only a couple of scenes. Further deviances from the book include Bonnie and Sylvia not immediately liking each other, which I suppose allows for the film to show the growth in their relationship and how they contrast but come closer together by the end, in the book despite their differences they got together very well so I don't know why they include the girls calling each other "coward" and "stupid" which I didn't feel necessary but again I suppose it shows growth. Mr Grimshaw was less funny at the start as in the book but that's only a small change.
Because it's an 80s film it has to be really dark as well, unlike in the book where nobody died there are some deaths here: a child drowns whilst working in a mill, a boy gets crushed to death and two women are devoured by wolves - not something you see in every kids film!
7/10: Stylish, dark and fairly well acted. It's easy to follow and quite entertaining
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- Feb 27, 2021
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