Genre: Film
Grade B+
Notable People: Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Directed by Roger Michell
Title: My Cousin Rachel
Review: Pretty intense film we drove over an hour to see (Dartmouth for Father’s Day treat) at small art house. From a novel by Daphne du Maurer- who was the British queen of love suspense from 1930 through the 80s. She wrote “Rebecca” and the story that became Hitchcock’s “The Birds”. Set in rural England in the 1800s- this is a quite convoluted story of love, loss, and obsession…..with quite a few mysterious twists. The film lagged at time and seemed somewhat predictable at others- but it gets a higher grade for Weisz’s almost always virtuosos performance. Left the film still totally confused about whether she was an angle or the devil. Beautifully shot, with an underlying sense of humor and good ensemble acting…may be more of a home film than a theater film.