The acting skills of the male and female protagonists are very good. Hugh Grant's young man is also remarkable (with private goods?) As a film adaptation of a novel, it is quite loyal to the original book, and the whole is quite satisfactory. In the book, Mr.Stevens' inner activities and his personal The entanglement is not well reflected in the film. Sometimes words are more powerful than pictures.
However, the emotion that the original book wanted to express is very restrained and may be related to the "unreliable narrative". From Stevens' point of view, his feelings for Miss Kenton have always been forbearance and avoidance, and even dare not admit it.
It wasn't until at the end Stevens heard what Kenton said when he said "my heart is broken" that I knew that Stevens also had "feelings"
In addition to this love line, the more important one in the original book is the definition of the Dignity of the housekeeper
In the original, Stevens wanted to be the kind of great housekeeper who served a great gentleman. In fact, Darlington was not a great gentleman in the secular sense. He was a pawn of the Nazis with a good heart. The former glory of Linton House can't change the consequences caused by the mistakes of the Duke of Darlington
This is also a kind of helplessness in the context of the big era. Maybe from Stevens himself or from the perspective of so-called authority, he is not a great housekeeper. In fact, he is much greater than many people.
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