Synopsis: A girl from a poor family is hired as a governess to a rich family and astonishes everyone with her education and intelligence. She changes from house to house until she falls in love with her master's son and marries him. Her husband goes to war, is disinherited by his rich relatives, and goes broke. But she must survive somehow...
Appraisal: I have the book at home, and have never read it; it was written by William Makepeace Thackeray and first published in serialized form in 1847. The book is enormous and I wondered how they would be able to fit so much material into two hours and 20 minutes of film. And indeed they seemed to have left a lot out because the film is full of ellipses and time jumps. So much concision has rendered it shallow and unaffecting; it feels like a long trailer. It doesn't help that the director has a penchant for flashiness and fills the film with songs and exotic dances that add nothing to the story.
Rating: 40
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