Angels & Insects

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This very colorful and beautifully shot shocking movie takes place almost entirely in and on the grounds of a Victorian English country manor house. A large family inhabits it, along with their many servants. They are visited at the outset by a dour Scot who has just spent 10 years in the Amazon basin ("the Amazons") studying flora and fauna, particularly insects. In a shipwreck we don't see he has lost his entire collection and writings, save for one very rare mounted butterfly, which he presents to the patriarch, who hies him to organize his own mounted insect collection.
One thing leads to another and the entymologist ends up marrying one of the daughters, although not the plain one who secretly loves him.
The entire family resembles an insect colony, complete with the queen
and workers. After the couple have five children, including two sets of twins, a shocking discovery is made by the Scotsman, one I was surprised at until I thought about how many clues are given the veiwer along the way.
An alomost unrecognizable Kristin Scott Thomas plays the plain sister.
Highly reommended and very enjoyable. Not for kids.

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Topic - Angels & Insects - rico 06:46:57 05/16/04 (10)

Angels & Insects..about your synopsis. - Harmonia 18:58:12 05/19/04 (2)

Re: In Ebert's review - rico 10:30:00 05/20/04 (0)

Er typos... - Harmonia 23:39:44 05/19/04 (0)

Re: Angels & Insects - Victor Khomenko 19:50:52 05/17/04 (1)

Mucho agreement. I could have dozed through it. n - albee33 18:27:21 05/18/04 (0)

Re: Angels & Insects - thegage 12:02:09 05/17/04 (1)

Re: Angels & Insects - rico 12:43:16 05/17/04 (0)

Re: Angels & Insects - Bulkington 10:35:00 05/17/04 (0)

Thanks for the review... - gwlvrns 16:51:50 05/16/04 (0)

Superb film overall and a fascinating... - vocalion 14:13:45 05/16/04 (0)

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