Netflix review: A Good Woman
Nov. 14th, 2011 03:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amanda_loddenSet in the 1930s, and based on a play by Oscar Wilde. I spent most of the beginning and middle of the movie being annoyed, and had I not been sick and lazy I probably would have shut it off. I have issues with plots that can be entirely resolved by the characters actually fucking TALKING to each other. Most of this movie (and, according to Wikipedia, the play it is based on) is about a man who insists upon keeping a secret to "protect" his wife, even when the conclusions everyone jump to do her a great deal of harm. It does not help that the secret involves family drama that pushes some of my buttons.
However, I'm glad that I was too lazy to get up and turn it off, because the ending turned out to be remarkably satisfying. The secret ends up being kept, but the justification for doing so is a positive one. I don't entirely agree with it, but I don't disagree with it either. So... 2 stars for the first 80 minutes, and 4 stars for the last 15 minutes. Overall, I'd give it 3 stars, and call it worth the time invested.
However, I'm glad that I was too lazy to get up and turn it off, because the ending turned out to be remarkably satisfying. The secret ends up being kept, but the justification for doing so is a positive one. I don't entirely agree with it, but I don't disagree with it either. So... 2 stars for the first 80 minutes, and 4 stars for the last 15 minutes. Overall, I'd give it 3 stars, and call it worth the time invested.
