Natasha Richardson has really been superb, her performance is in my opinion the surprise of the film; not that she wasn't credited as a valid actress, but her role is played perfectly - she's also surrounded by an excellent cast - and is probably the key point to this gloomy and fascinating story. She dominates the screen by acting as a repressed English wife living in the Fifties and throwing her life out for a crazy love affair. Her personality is depicted by many mood changes and of course by a dose of madness and fits the provocative and intentionally shocking atmosphere. Sex scenes are deliberately strong, somewhat primitive, and saying th finale is disturbing is an understatement.
Review of Asylum
