I watched a DVD of this movie last night. There are no special features on the DVD except for a few bits on info on Patrick Stewart, as well as the director and the screenwriter.
Overall the movie was a fascinating drama. In the first five minutes, you know you are in for a heartbreaking saga. Because no one does crazy old like Patrick Stewart. He played a crazy old Ahab in an adaptation of "Moby Dick". He played several crazy old men on the Star Trek: The Next Generation series. When Stewart plays a crazy old man, your heart just goes out to him. You look at him and wish you could help. But, he gets so far gone in such a short amount of time, that you have to be resigned to the fact that there is just no hope.
I gave the movie an 8 for two reasons: I took away the first point because Stewart's accent rears its head a time or two whenever he pronounces his character's name: John Lear. It sounds like he is saying "Joan Lair", which was kind of distracting. Then I had to take off another point for the violence in the movie. What happens to Westover will probably give me nightmares for a little while! After the movie, I had a hankerin' to start reading Shakespeare again. Whoever he was, he could shore tell a tale!
Last thought: why would two attractive, wealthy women go after the same weak loser? He only became powerful after they made him so.
Overall the movie was a fascinating drama. In the first five minutes, you know you are in for a heartbreaking saga. Because no one does crazy old like Patrick Stewart. He played a crazy old Ahab in an adaptation of "Moby Dick". He played several crazy old men on the Star Trek: The Next Generation series. When Stewart plays a crazy old man, your heart just goes out to him. You look at him and wish you could help. But, he gets so far gone in such a short amount of time, that you have to be resigned to the fact that there is just no hope.
I gave the movie an 8 for two reasons: I took away the first point because Stewart's accent rears its head a time or two whenever he pronounces his character's name: John Lear. It sounds like he is saying "Joan Lair", which was kind of distracting. Then I had to take off another point for the violence in the movie. What happens to Westover will probably give me nightmares for a little while! After the movie, I had a hankerin' to start reading Shakespeare again. Whoever he was, he could shore tell a tale!
Last thought: why would two attractive, wealthy women go after the same weak loser? He only became powerful after they made him so.