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Title: Slow-moving story
Review: CLARISSA may be one of the slowest-moving teleplays I've ever seen. This despite some top-notch performances (especially Sean Bean as Lovelace); the exquisite costumes, the settings. The actress playing Clarissa, unfortunately, came off as a self-rightous little prig. You're not supposed to feel relief when she dies, but I sure did. She's not very pretty either, so the attraction or lust that Lovelace felt was inexplicable -- I guess corrupting her absolute innocence and strong morals were the real attraction, and yet, despite his dastardly deeds, I felt more pity for Lovelace. The story does drag a bit; don't let the rave reviews fool you. It's worth seeing for Sean Bean's performance and several of the supporting ones but the story moves too slowly and is on the whole a very depressing one.
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