6/2/2023 0 Comments My cousin rachel novel![]() ![]() ![]() The entirety of the movie is 100% about the ambiguity between that love bit, and that dead bit. But Philip begins getting reports back that Ambrose is in love… oh, and then dead. ![]() Being single his whole life, Ambrose had never concerned himself with the need for a wife. Ambrose, through an illness, heads off to Italy to convalesce. Generally, the movie is about Ambrose Ashley, an owner of a large estate who is caring for his orphaned cousin Philip. I honestly didn’t expect it to be a film I would talk about here. (Wait, what? I have no idea.) And that’s what we have today with My Cousin Rachel. The bottom line is, no matter how a movie is dressed up, or what genre it finds itself ensconced in, there is always the potential that it might right hook you out of left field. Which, I probably ought to add My Cousin Rachel to that list retroactively. And I even enjoyed Lady Macbeth so much that I compiled a list of movies similar to it. I mean, look at Lady Macbeth! That is exactly the sort of movie we have here with My Cousin Rachel. Ok, how about this? Just because a movie is a period piece doesn’t mean that it can’t be a mental mindjob through and through. Nope, that was even worse than my former intro. Just because a movie is all skirts and lace doesn’t mean it isn’t awful. I am not necessarily the Downton Abbey type. ![]()
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