Review of The Rainbow (1989) by Ruth G — 08 Sep 2007
Girl meets predatory PE teacher, who marries the girls uncle? Yup, it must be a DH Lawrence story. The characters are what make this film so watchable - Jim Carter as the sadistic schoolteacher, Dudley Sutton as the artist, Amanda Donohoe as the PE teacher.
.. The pace slows down once Paul Mc Gann's drippy soldier appears on the scene. Russell's direction can be a little bit schlocky at times: in the sex scene between Ursula and her soldier, horror-movie music swells as the couple's moans are intercut with images of the full moon, for example.
And as for Glenda Jackson, her 'foot o' the stairs' accent was reminiscent of the Monty Python 'Coal Miner' sketch.
This review of The Rainbow (1989) was written by Ruth G on 08 Sep 2007.
The Rainbow has generally received mixed reviews.
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