Emma. (2020, US iTunes, via Movies Anywhere/Vudu)
Light and frothy, yet fizzing with just enough energy to be utterly charming.
No radical reimagining going on here, Emma is born, raised and lives solely in the midst of massive privilege and the film, rather than ignore or embrace it, just accepts it as the world in which Austen based her character.
Taylor-Joy brings just the right amount of swagger and bravado to convince as the social lynchpin for such a society and Johnny Flynn is perfect as her foil/nemesis/one true love (sod spoilers, you know this even if you ain't seen the film). That a film in 2020 with all that's going on can still make an indelicate jibe about someone who talks too much feel like the most shocking thing you can imagine speaks volumes about the authenticity de Wilde and her crew give to this and its all the better for it.
MVP is of course Bill Nighy who convinces as a hypochondriac geriatric as much as he does a louche ex-rock n roll singer and, frankly, as every role he's ever played.
But this is a joyous blast of frivolous nonsense at a time when what we all need most are joyous blasts of frivolous nonsense at every available opportunity.
Just lovely.
Light and frothy, yet fizzing with just enough energy to be utterly charming.
No radical reimagining going on here, Emma is born, raised and lives solely in the midst of massive privilege and the film, rather than ignore or embrace it, just accepts it as the world in which Austen based her character.
Taylor-Joy brings just the right amount of swagger and bravado to convince as the social lynchpin for such a society and Johnny Flynn is perfect as her foil/nemesis/one true love (sod spoilers, you know this even if you ain't seen the film). That a film in 2020 with all that's going on can still make an indelicate jibe about someone who talks too much feel like the most shocking thing you can imagine speaks volumes about the authenticity de Wilde and her crew give to this and its all the better for it.
MVP is of course Bill Nighy who convinces as a hypochondriac geriatric as much as he does a louche ex-rock n roll singer and, frankly, as every role he's ever played.
But this is a joyous blast of frivolous nonsense at a time when what we all need most are joyous blasts of frivolous nonsense at every available opportunity.
Just lovely.
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