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Title: Low budget
Review: I rented this film from my library. I was hoping to see the landscape of the tale to broaden my appreciation of the novels. It didn't happen.This film version is so low budget in appearance that my wife and I can't bring ourselves to finish it. Everything looks like it is a set and the acting is mediocre at best. The characters, which Undset's writing makes so real, look flat in this film. The soundtrack amounts to a single note played loudly for about a minute at a time. We found ourselves laughing!It's hard to believe it was made only 10 years ago - it looks like Cecil B. Demille. I think this story could make a great film - done in the Lord of the Rings style. Maybe someday, but in the meantime . . . read the books and don't waste your time on the movie.
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