Reviews

A 4-hour romance novel set in Britain before during and after WWII. The heroine falls into a fortune near the beginning and nothing much worse happens to her after that. I hoped for a couple more plot twists, but even so, it has its charms, and I looked forward to finishing all 4 episodes. Good acting. Fair-Poor direction. Horrible soundtrack reminiscent of an oatmeal commercial.

American viewers will be surprised (well, I was) by the partial female nudity that pops up every hour or so just as interest starts to flag.

I used to put this film in the "so bad it's good" category, except I'd say it's so terrible, it's fantastic. With repeated viewings, I came to laugh with Verhoeven rather than at him. It's visually stunning, melodramatic, completely silly, with outrageous acting and gratuitous nudity--just like a Las Vegas show. It's the perfect meta-movie and a pure pleasure to watch.