Review of The Beguiled (2017) by Writeval — 01 Jul 2017

Beautifully shot and acted, but fails to deliver upon its intriguing and promising premise -- the movie ends just when the most interesting part could have begun, where the characters would go from there.

It's basically an extended first and second act, missing a third act. It wasn't unpleasant to watch, but it was very disappointing where it chose to end. Coppola's scripts in general tend to be wan character studies whose plots peeter out before reaching their logical and/or most interesting conclusion, and this is no exception.