The Duchess

[PeaMcLean]

yes, I know it's not out yet.

Would you take your husband to see it?

[TurkeyLurkey]

No. But only because Keira Knightley irritates him like mad.

[poshtottie]

No, as he fancies her like mad.

[TurkeyLurkey]

No, becasue I'm mad.

Sorry

[eandz]

i saw the trailer today. if there weren't soo many advertising schemes to tie it into the princess diana/prince charles drama i would have taken my husband to see it.

it's a shame really because i wanted to see this together. argh!

i can't wait for the edge of love and the women to come out. i think i'm just on an estrogen high.

[PeaMcLean]

Havent' seen the trailer. Read the book and i can see why they'd go down that route. Sad to push it though, good story without all that.

[jette]

I wouldn't take anyone to see it - it looks DREADFUL.
Tho the wigs are quite funny..

[expatinscotland]

i refuse to see anything with Kiera Knightley in it.

not to mention the artistic license used to 'create' this pile of dung.

great book, though!

[MillieMummy]

No, dp hates 'blousy dramas' ie anything where they are not wearing jeans !

I hate the tag-line, so not going on principle.

[nowirehangers]

I went to the premier [aren't I flash! emoticon]
With my dh
He's not into costume dramas and loathes KK - as do I, usually. He went because we had free tickets.
To both of our surprise, he really enjoyed it. I enjoyed it too. It's not brilliant, I was a bit bored in the middle, but it's worth a night out imo, a great story and KK really is - whisper - quite good. She ain't Meryl Streep still, but you can see she's really been working to master the craft and compared to - say - her dire performanc in Bend it Like Beckham, she's improved beyond recognition. All credit to her. The final scenes moved me to tears and in the ladies afterwards everyone was sniffing and tidying up their mascara. Forget the stupid ad campaign it's got nothing really to do with the film and in no way affects your enjoyment of it.

[mabanana]

Saw it today and absolutely loved it. I thought the performances were perfect, it was incredibly moving (I cried) and the costumes are amazingly beautiful. It's an amazing story.

[Podrick]

It is a fabulous film and it made me cry! I think this is Keira Knightley's best performance to date by far. It is the hot ticket of the moment.

[binkythebullet]

I normally dislike Pouty Keira, but I enjoyed this. I blubbed - it's a pretty desperate story.

[hatwoman]

I saw it - with dh - and we both thought it was great. I had quite a few tears too. I did think it was a bit of a shame that the story was so strongly focused on her role as wife/mother/lover and not so much on her public persona - which was obviously in the film a bit, but I'm given to understand that she was politically amazing (for the time) and hugely admired - it was a shame to reduce that to quick hints rather than develop it and focus purely on the lady di/charles parallels. I think there was a lot more to her than the film leaves you with. but it was a good film

[flowerybeanbag]

I indulgently went to see it by myself last week during the afternoon while the nanny was here instead of working

I really enjoyed it and also cried

[hatwoman]

fbb - there's nothing wrong with a bit of indulgence every now and then

[fruittea]

I've promised my DD that I'll take her tomorrow as she's a HUGE Keira fan. I know it's rated 12A - but how suitable, in practice, do you think it is for a 13 year old?

[hatwoman]

really not sure - without giving too much away there's two pretty unpleasant sex scenes and not much in the way of nice, as it were, sex to balance it. not having a 13 year old I find it hard to say...I'm not sure how worldy-wise 13 years olds are. I guess it's probably ok. -

[fruittea]

That's what I wondered tbh. I knew it had sexual scenes but wasn't sure of their nature. I was warned off The Other Boleyn Girl because of the rape scene. DD isn't that worldly-wise. Hmm, will have to give this some more thought. Thanks.

[hatwoman]

I'm stuck between minor plot-spoiling and being upfront...

[fruittea]

I can handle it!

[hatwoman]

ok good - because I feel guilty at even calling them "sex scenes". terrified, lying still, crying, wedding night scene. and then later an angry rape scene. (neither of which really plot spoil, or come as a suprise) it's almost the former that would worry me more for a child to watch - one minute she's a happy newly-wed young thing...next thing it's the wedding night.

[fruittea]

Thanks for that. It's a tough one. We had "the sex talk" at around 11 but haven't really had reason to talk an awful lot more about it, certainly not at that level. That time's coming though, so maybe this will give us reason for another chat - not a bad thing.

Maybe the wedding night scene will put her off for a good few more years - bonus!

[greenandpleasant]

fruittea, also ... again hope this is not too much of a spoiler ... a lesbian sex scene - sort of. no nudity but kissing and a bit of fondling! just so you're forewarned.

[fruittea]

I'm starting to wonder what sort of things the censors think 12 year olds are experienced with these days

[cyteen]

i saw this today at a parent and baby screening ( probably wouldn't have bothered with it otherwise) and really enjoyed it despite the flaws, most notable of which was ralph fiennes' pantomime villain style baddie.

I cried at a certain scene anyone who's seen it can probably guess which one, considering everyone in the cinema was holding babies in their arms.