A sweet, quiet coming of age story featuring not only the charming Carey Mulligan, but great character turns for, well, the whole cast. I loved the understated humor and the ambiguity of the whole thing. It's really about the choices afforded women prior to the '60s, though it keeps its distance so as not to make outright judgments. Praiseworthy slice of life.
If you've ever lived a sheltered or ho-hum life, this movie will hit you hard. I could relate. "Action equals character" is so true. There may come a point in your life where, like Miss Stubbs, you are not dead but you haven't lived either. This movie will remind you of that.
The entire movie was a disappointment to me. I'm actually very surprised at how many of you seemed to have enjoyed this, makes me feel like 'uh, did I miss something or what?', because it was painful to watch.
Nothing fantastic in my eyes. It's hardly an original movie and it didn't have anything that pulled me into it. I was just glad it was only 100 minutes long so it wasn't a huge amount of time to watch it. Any longer and I'd have been very bored with it.
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Turns out that's not Ewan McGregor on the cover. Weeeeiird.Siskoid
A sweet, quiet coming of age story featuring not only the charming Carey Mulligan, but great character turns for, well, the whole cast. I loved the understated humor and the ambiguity of the whole thing. It's really about the choices afforded women prior to the '60s, though it keeps its distance so as not to make outright judgments. Praiseworthy slice of life.jmeemarie
Loved the movie, but I do agree that the ending was a bit...meh. The acting was great, too.monty
Formulaic and non too exciting movie.ClassicLady
If you've ever lived a sheltered or ho-hum life, this movie will hit you hard. I could relate. "Action equals character" is so true. There may come a point in your life where, like Miss Stubbs, you are not dead but you haven't lived either. This movie will remind you of that.Camille Deadpan
3/4 of the movie is a romantic drama. 1/4 of the movie is a sad drama.accidie
The entire movie was a disappointment to me. I'm actually very surprised at how many of you seemed to have enjoyed this, makes me feel like 'uh, did I miss something or what?', because it was painful to watch.JoleneIrene
Loved the setting, British accent, references to France and the acting (especially Carey's). Story and ending dissappointed me a bit, though.operationdropkick
Nothing fantastic in my eyes. It's hardly an original movie and it didn't have anything that pulled me into it. I was just glad it was only 100 minutes long so it wasn't a huge amount of time to watch it. Any longer and I'd have been very bored with it.cachuaaa
this film's ending is one of the main reasons i want to stop watching midway. i absolutely despise most endings. especially this one's.Mudskipper
i was boredugnugn
the ending was a disappointment.sinlimites
The ending was just such a hot mess..Fish Tank is much better.timmy_501
I'm surprised people liked the direction but glad to see that I wasn't the only one who disliked the sordid, trite plot.jedi_r
I agree about how it got sloppy in the end when it had a very strong start! But overall it's a very good film.Jenny's life (minus the ending parts) is everything I want to be.
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