For his first feature, my favourite working British director could only muster a second rate cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew McFadyen, Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Judi Dench, Claudie Blakley, Simon Woods, Carrie Mulligan, Talullah Riley, Jena Malone, Kelly Reilly and Pip Torrens.
Showdown between Dench and Knightley is like two great generations of actors coming to blows.
Adapted by Deborah Moggach, photographed by Roman Osin (in Panavision), edited by Paul Tothill, music by Dario Marienelli.
Beautifully choreographed scenes make me think of The Magnificent Ambersons.
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