Title: What was this?
Product review: Another Masterpiece Theatre production where I ended up thinking, "huh?" (I felt the same way about "Woman in White"). And I just saw an excellent MT adaptation of Jane Eyre so I'm amazed at how bad this production was. The lead actors--Rupert Penry Jones and Sally Hawkins-- had no chemistry and I didn't believe they had been pining for each other for the last eight years. The camera angles were annoying and I hated the way Anne would speak directly to the camera--it was too campy and out of place. And I didn't like this Anne nearly as much as Amanda Root's potrayal--in the 1995 production Anne was quiet but smart and strong and dignified, nothing like the Anne in the MT version who seemed silly and weepy and so so weak. And don't even get me started on the ending and that laughable kiss. I was glad it was only 90 minutes long.
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