Only Stephen Fry, who was already fascinated by the upper-class social circle, could invite such a group of cast members to take the audience with him to peep the glitz and glamour of the London social circle in the 1920s from a paparazzi-like perspective.
He is very clever and somewhat "exquisitely naughty", but after all, he dare not dig deep into the intention of criticizing the original work. Irony is there, but at best it is self-deprecating sarcasm. People are in the circle and can't help themselves. Fry, who has a close personal relationship with the upper class, must be somewhat protective of his shortcomings when he shoots this film, and he can't help it.
Three and a half stars, plus half a star for Fry's directorial debut.
Interesting sketches are good subjects for understanding the background of the British literary and art circles before the war.
View more about Bright Young Things reviews
