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Belgravia (2020)
Bored in Belgravia
With Julian Fellowes as a writer, known for Gosford Park and Downton Abbey, my expectations were high when starting on Belgravia.
Surroundings, props, costumes etc. are fabulous. But the series as such is boring. The plot is banal (could well have been cut down to 1 1/2 hours), and it totally lacks the subtle British humour which makes the two previous productions worth watching again and again.
The Rewrite (2014)
Neither charming nor witty
Hugh Grant, for whom we had such great expectations after his excellent performance in "Four Weddings and a Funeral", seems to be stuck in the same old rut: same facial expressions and same not-so-boyish-anymore charm don't really do the trick. Although the film tries hard, it never really rises above mediocre.
Me Before You (2016)
Intouchables meet Bridget Jones
The concept of a caregiver forming an unlikely bond with a quadriplegic man who has suffered an accident. And in a wonderfully humorous and unsentimental way both the French "Intouchables" and "Me before You" give a warm peek into what can happen if the right caregiver accidentally (pardon the pun) comes along. And Emilia Clarke is absolutely disarmingly charming as the Bridget-Jones-clumsy girl with the funny clothes and the big heart. However, where Intouchables have a slightly dark undertone, which gives more facets to the plot, "Me before You" becomes a little too much of a banal love story (in spite of the subject of euthanasia). I was entertained, but the film certainly lacked some "je ne sais quoi".