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Best movie of this year hands down!

As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

This movie presents a brilliant stage worthy level of acting to the screen. I was stunned by the quality and subtlety of the performances especially the lead and Kristin Thomas. The story is almost painfully slow but that helps create a mood and sexual tension that works perfectly. I was literally on the edge of my seat both with the drama of the characters and just wanting to be closer to their nuanced performances. Jeremy Kemp as the elder Lord of the manor Sir Harald Alabaster displays aristocratic intelligence rarely found in films. The dinner table discussions of the emergence of the radical new approaches to evolution and culture surrounding Darwin's revelations are compelling. Also the role of Edgar, representing the boorish son who clings to the old ways of class hierarchy is finely wrought. Highly recommended. A thoughtful film.

Tepid. What a waste of a good title. The production has more in common with television than film. Instead of exploring in a challenging and sensual way the themes implied by the title, the movie timidly rehashes conversations we've all had about metamorphosis. Chalk one up for the marketers, who created warm and enticing packaging for a film that is emotionally distant at best. I don't think the fault lies with the material - in terms of pure plot, the story itself is quite satisfying. But the filmmakers are so incompetent that you feel like you're in high school English class listening to someone mumble through a Shakespeare recitation. Presentation is everything, but they give nearly nothing. Feels like the whole thing was shot by the second unit. The costumes are beautiful. Kristin Scott Thomas (a major reason I rented this) is underused, though as effective as they allowed her to be.

This story was worse than pathetic. This movie ranks up there with the most boring, meaningless, waste-of-time movies that I have seen. The only reason that I actually suffered and watched the entire movie was because it was categorized as a "mystery". Believing indeed, that it was a mystery, I figured there would eventually be some sort of revolution that would surprise me. This never happened. This movie is far from being mysterious, as it is extremely simple, plain, dull, boring, uneventful, and flat out the biggest waste of 2 hours that one could endure. The only people that I could possibly recommend this movie to is those that enjoy incest, which is no one that I am associated with. I only wish that I had taken the advice of so many here. 1 out of 10

I went into this movie with a lot of high hopes, as it had been recommended to me by many acquaintances. But, upon viewing it for the first time, I had to say it was a predictable mess. The actors, particularly Patsy Kensit, were so wooden and unbelievable that I thought of turning this film off a few times. It seems that the director could not make up his mind whether he wanted a class struggle period piece with a Merchant/Ivory feel or an erotic tale along the lines of The Lover. I was looking for some kind of purpose to the whole venture and found a trifling thread holding the whole thing together. If the formalities had been removed and the director had picked a certain direction with which to proceed, this film would have been infinitely better. 2/10