Reading through other comments about this film, I wonder if its the same film we saw. I personally found it deeply unsatisfying and a was majorly disappointed (as were the rest of my group who saw it).
Visually sumptuous, no question: lovingly crafted, without doubt: humane story with all the emotions, definitely. But somehow, in spite of all the cinematic visual, aural and emotional strings being pulled in every direction, the film was totally unengaging. End result was simply one of simply watching the story unfold rather than being drawn into the quest of finding the fiancé, post WW1. Virtually all the characters, with the exception of the fully rounded (literally) aunt and a superb Jodie Foster, were two dimensional.
Disappointing.
Visually sumptuous, no question: lovingly crafted, without doubt: humane story with all the emotions, definitely. But somehow, in spite of all the cinematic visual, aural and emotional strings being pulled in every direction, the film was totally unengaging. End result was simply one of simply watching the story unfold rather than being drawn into the quest of finding the fiancé, post WW1. Virtually all the characters, with the exception of the fully rounded (literally) aunt and a superb Jodie Foster, were two dimensional.
Disappointing.