The cast is attractive but from the 1st scene brunette & gaslighted Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre springs to mind. Bertha's entrapment posited as security/care, purported insanity & how women are erroneously depicted as violent bullies, the anti-feminist flaws in feminist Jane Eyre are also present here.
The movie was a disappointment because of the misogynistic portrayal of the beautiful female protagonist, despite being visually magnificent. If u liked Jane Eyre and rooted for Rochester & 18yr Jane his daughter's tutor to get together, get married, And despised Bertha then this is for you. If you like beautiful buildings, homes, architecture, greenery, Californian suburbs, well manicured hedges, shrubs like I do, you will be very very pleased with the look of the film, like I am.
It is worth watching for the picturesque POVs, the stunning women, general pulchritude of the film. I didn't like Tom Cruise starring The Mummy for similar reasons. And Dr. Beck's character in the 2 "Stalked by my doctor" movies. Mental illness is treated as anomalous & villainous; 'bad guys' are 1dimensional.
This isn't Jane Eyre, so not a spoiler.
The movie was a disappointment because of the misogynistic portrayal of the beautiful female protagonist, despite being visually magnificent. If u liked Jane Eyre and rooted for Rochester & 18yr Jane his daughter's tutor to get together, get married, And despised Bertha then this is for you. If you like beautiful buildings, homes, architecture, greenery, Californian suburbs, well manicured hedges, shrubs like I do, you will be very very pleased with the look of the film, like I am.
It is worth watching for the picturesque POVs, the stunning women, general pulchritude of the film. I didn't like Tom Cruise starring The Mummy for similar reasons. And Dr. Beck's character in the 2 "Stalked by my doctor" movies. Mental illness is treated as anomalous & villainous; 'bad guys' are 1dimensional.
This isn't Jane Eyre, so not a spoiler.