With no substance. Warning*****possible spoilers**** I am an admirer of both Ralph and Liv but there seemed to be no connection, not to mention any passion, between them. Not enough screen presence together to generate even a tepid cup of water and certainly not the raging inferno meant to be generated here, though at separate times in the protagenists' lives. The difficulty with movies like this is that there has to be a plot to sustain the audience involvement and this movie requires more than what is happening here. I was unclear on Onegin's motivation, for his disappearance for 6 years, for his rejection of Tatyana at the outset. If he was such a cad and a heel he could have taken advantage of her and he did not. Why? Hitting on her engaged sister was also a plot contrivance without much motivation. The only time Onegin looked animated at all was when he was with the friend that he subsequently shot in a duel. The cinematography was wonderful in this, the costumes magnificent and the sets incredible. I loved the way Liv moved. She has a style all her own. Ralph disappointed me. He was full of "brood" and "dissipation" but never did I sense the passion he portrayed in his letter to Tatyana. She does much business with her eyes and bee stung lips, he does much marching around St. Petersburg with swirling coats. A very pretty hollow movie. I ached to love it, but could not engage. Pity. 6 out of 10.
Review of Onegin
