Belle – 6.5

It was a pleasure to luxuriate in a film where the dialogue consisted of complete sentences and the costumes, settings and actors were gorgeous. Granted, this was a pale imitation of Merchant-Ivory, and even Downton Abbey had more suspense, surprise and originality; but still it Trolloped along inoffensively and brought mist to the eye as good triumphed at the end. The Lord Chief Justice’s ruling in favor of the insurers was not exactly Amistad, but we weren’t really expecting anything important.

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