Movie: The Duchess

The Duchess
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M loves a period drama, especially when they involve spirited women making difficult choices! So The Duchess was a shoo-in.

The movie sort of meandered in the way that historical adaptions can... life seldom makes a great arc. The short version: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire in the late 1700s, has to put up with a lot of crap.

Kiera Knightley's face can do a lot more talking than some mouths. Ralph Fiennes has a tricky job of playing a guy who genuinely isn't interested. Tough job selling that and staying in the movie! But he did it.