Technically impeccable, especially love the lighting and photography. The music is also good, plus Mulligan's excellent performance. However, a big but, there are many problems in the plot of the movie that I can't ignore, which is a pity. First of all, the story is too simple, but in reality it can be enriched a lot. The front is too long and the ending is too short. After Jenny found out, David didn't appear, and there was no repetition. There were only a few episodes with her parents. In the end, she still received the admission to Oxford, so it ended with a voice-over. I can't agree more with David's casting choices. Peter Sarsgaard puts on a gentlemanly show, but doesn't have the kind of charisma Colin Firth has to convince me that he's going to make the girls Jenny want to represent. A few scenes (undressing and bananas) were actually creepy, and Sarsgaard was a little awkward in the middle. His performance largely kept me out of the play, I just felt like I was appreciating a work of art rather than being in it.
At the same time, there are several loopholes in the plot that I cannot ignore. First, when Jenny understood David's true profession, she only updated for a short time, and was dragged back by him with a few words, which went against her wisdom and the innocence she represented. What's more serious is that she later found the letter in the car. It was too easy. The plot explained that it was not the first time that David had cheated.
In addition, I noticed that in order to highlight Jenny, there is no other person in the play who is on the same level as her, and there is a feeling that everyone is drunk and I am alone. Emma Thompson's role is not prominent, reducing the overall strength. Someone should debate the meaning of education and the meaning of life with her.
Mulligan definitely deserves an Oscar nomination, but I'm a little disappointed and disappointed by the film's many flaws.
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