This version of Lion in Winter, aside from being horrible, also failed to convey any of the humor from the original movie or play.
There's plenty of dark humor in the original movie and play, but the actors and director took it all way too seriously, missing all of it in the script.
The lines were there, they just blew them.
Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close are no substitute for Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn.
All this version did for me was make me want to watch the 1968 version.
Thumbs down.
There's plenty of dark humor in the original movie and play, but the actors and director took it all way too seriously, missing all of it in the script.
The lines were there, they just blew them.
Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close are no substitute for Peter O'Toole and Katharine Hepburn.
All this version did for me was make me want to watch the 1968 version.
Thumbs down.