Saturday, February 5, 2011

Fingersmith (2005)


This is wicked fun!! My friend P has been recommending if for a year, probably, but I could not get it through Blockbuster. It's a "very long wait". So P got it through her account at Netflix and brought it over today. Holy crap! I love this film!

You want to see double crosses and secrets and betrayals? Perhaps combined with a few more plot twists? This is the show for it. It is a British mini-series in two episodes, each at two hours. This allows time for plot and character development that is usually crammed into a two hour movie. There are two women in England in the 1800's, one a rich young lady kept imprisoned by her uncle, the other a thief. They meet, but who is good? Who is bad? What is really going on the uncle's house?

I knew I was in good shape when Imelda Staunton and Sally Hawkins were in the film, based on a book by Sarah Waters. The next book on my queue, highly recommended, is a book by Sarah Waters. I am super-psyched to start it now.

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