Anna Karenina - 2012 - 4/10
Opulent, gaudy, stilted, mannered adaptation of Tolstoy’s novel undone by profound miscasting.
This is a very theatrical interpretation, as in much occurs on a theatre stage.
Characters often move as if performing ballet.
Knightley, once again, attempts a role she is too young for.
She is incapable of gravitas, but her trademarked pursed lips, squinty grin appears over and over.
Received well deserved accolades for sets and costumes.
Taylor-Johnson, playing Vronsky as a sissified fop, resembles Gene Wilder’s Doctor Frankensteen.
