It's 1924. Jane Fairchild (Odessa Young) is a maid working for the Nivens (Olivia Colman, Colin Firth) at their estate. She has a secret fling with upper class neighbor Paul Sheringham (Josh O'Connor). The war has taken many young men in the community. Paul is set to marry Emma Hobday who is equal to his station but neither are excited for the nuptial. Later in life, Jane is struggling to write about her loves and is married to Donald.
Odessa Young is naked a lot. That's my main takeaway from this movie. I'm trying not to be creepy but she is naked a lot, lot. I'm saying this because it's a lot of quietly walking around naked. It's repetitive. Instead of that, the movie could have dug more into the Nivens. They have some great actors here but they're only given a couple of scene to stretch out their acting skills. Colman and Firth are great but they only have good material in a few scenes. Odessa Young is a fine actress. She does fine work but most guys will only remember nakedness from this performance. This is trying to be a moody sensitive piece about romance and love lost. I guess it achieves the tone but it doesn't do more. They could have done so much more if they simply cut out most of her naked scenes and inject some dialogue.
Odessa Young is naked a lot. That's my main takeaway from this movie. I'm trying not to be creepy but she is naked a lot, lot. I'm saying this because it's a lot of quietly walking around naked. It's repetitive. Instead of that, the movie could have dug more into the Nivens. They have some great actors here but they're only given a couple of scene to stretch out their acting skills. Colman and Firth are great but they only have good material in a few scenes. Odessa Young is a fine actress. She does fine work but most guys will only remember nakedness from this performance. This is trying to be a moody sensitive piece about romance and love lost. I guess it achieves the tone but it doesn't do more. They could have done so much more if they simply cut out most of her naked scenes and inject some dialogue.