Review of The Governess

Sandra Goldbacher had good intentions with this film. It seems like she wanted to contrast the two different worlds of Rosina/Mary and explore the conflict between them. She got a bit side-tracked with the unbelievable love story. Also, her characters lack dimension - they do things that aren't explained. "the Governess" did include some pretty photography, but it would have been nice if a good script with developed, motivated characters and adequate dialogue had accompanied it. Maybe if the dialogue hadn't been so sparse, the characters would have seemed more developed and the film wouldn't have been so dull. There is a limit to how many times I can watch Minnie pose for the camera before I start to fall asleep.