Daniel Deronda - 2002 - 7/10
Young Deronda encounters fortune hunter Gwendolen.
They spark off each other immediately.
Nevertheless, she is searching for money, while he searches for “meaning”.
Each finds more than they bargained for.
A bit of a soap opera at times, this churns through unpleasant muck, while being eminently watchable.
Hugh Bonneville particularly memorable as an abusive cad.
Never warmed to Deronda myself, viewing him as a priggish do-gooder.