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The 1995 film with Robert Downey Jr. and Sam Neill walks a tight line, providing a great deal of interest and not enough sentimentality to become truly burdensome.In fact this film is what good entertainment should be about - lighthearted in some moments, sad in others, with beautiful cinematography and gorgous settings and costumes... plus a little bit of timeless philosophy.
Easy to recommend.
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Downey and Neill are wonderful in it, as is David Thewlis. The costumes and settings are fabulous, indeed they are almost like another character in the film. Despite a tiny budget, this has to be one of the most ravishingly beautiful films on DVD.I'm not thrilled with Meg Ryan's casting, but I don't hold it against the movie. Harvey Scissorhands, er Weinstein, hacked up some of the plot/scenes in the London plague section but not so badly as to really hurt the film.
Of course, there's also the Purcell & Marais on the soundtrack, which I adore.
The restoration era is of my favorite periods in history. I don't imagine the forthcoming The Libertine (with Johnny Depp) will be anywhere nearly as much fun as Restoration.
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