Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008) by Samme S — 23 Aug 2008

I think I enjoyed this film. The acting is fabulous, and everyone's faces display the perfect amount of withheld emotion. But the pacing was very slow, and very deliberate. Usually that's not something I mind, but there are only so many close-ups of the actors' gorgeous faces you can take before you start to wonder if they are a substitute for good editing.

Beautiful images, wonderful acting, interesting story, but it always felt like there wasn't too much at stake.